Ouch.  Looks like the p.b.a. list goes back over a year just on page one.  Quick
question:  should I post youtube links in p.b.a.?  Seems like the place, except
it's not binary.

Anyway, here's a quick Wings3D doodle, turned into a flythrough.  The mesh is
single object (plus doors), modeled with something like Myst in mind.   Is
there a good way to save/load radiosity files to prevent the flickering?

Time permitting, I'd like to add detail and turn it into something you can
navigate through, but does anyone know a good way to do this?  QTVR?  OpenGL?
SDL?  It wouldn't be difficult to make an OpenGL interface to set up the
network of viewpoints, but even with this step done, I don't know of an obvious
way to set up the interface.  I'd like something like Myst 3, where each point
is a 360 panorama, but unless I make it myself in OpenGL, I don't know a good
way.  Maybe it's as simple as mapping a texture onto a cube and spinning the
camera.  Anyone know how to set up a cube panorama in POV-Ray?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882qGB3b5Ps

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Wonderful.  Looks like a giant sand castle. :)

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Don't know how to make a cube panorama, but I originally implemented the 
spherical camera for basically the same purpose. I was using the images for 
QTVR panoramas. Perhaps the new user defined camera in MegaPOV would work?


"triple_r" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> Ouch.  Looks like the p.b.a. list goes back over a year just on page one. 
> Quick
> question:  should I post youtube links in p.b.a.?  Seems like the place, 
> except
> it's not binary.
>
> Anyway, here's a quick Wings3D doodle, turned into a flythrough.  The mesh 
> is
> single object (plus doors), modeled with something like Myst in mind.   Is
> there a good way to save/load radiosity files to prevent the flickering?
>
> Time permitting, I'd like to add detail and turn it into something you can
> navigate through, but does anyone know a good way to do this?  QTVR? 
> OpenGL?
> SDL?  It wouldn't be difficult to make an OpenGL interface to set up the
> network of viewpoints, but even with this step done, I don't know of an 
> obvious
> way to set up the interface.  I'd like something like Myst 3, where each 
> point
> is a 360 panorama, but unless I make it myself in OpenGL, I don't know a 
> good
> way.  Maybe it's as simple as mapping a texture onto a cube and spinning 
> the
> camera.  Anyone know how to set up a cube panorama in POV-Ray?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882qGB3b5Ps
>

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triple_r wrote:
> Anyway, here's a quick Wings3D doodle, turned into a flythrough. 

Very neat.

> Time permitting, I'd like to add detail and turn it into something you can
> navigate through, but does anyone know a good way to do this?  

I whimped out and just generated a bunch of still images with links from web 
pages you could use to navigage (as in, step forward, turn left, etc).  A 
fly-thru is definitely more cool.

I also did a maze similarly, but that was custom code to display and 
navigate it locally.

> QTVR?

I saw mentioned on .general or .off-topic or something discussion of a free 
QTVR clone type thing and how to generate output for it. Something about a 
planetarium contest or some such, but I can't find it now.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
   There aren't any trees on Mars.

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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Wonderful.  Looks like a giant sand castle. :)

Yeah, it was vaguely inspired by this: http://pasargadtours.com/Kashan.htm , but
I got done and said, "Huh.  Looks like a giant sand castle."  Perhaps more
geometric and less organic would help.

 - Ricky

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"triple_r" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > Wonderful.  Looks like a giant sand castle. :)
>
> Yeah, it was vaguely inspired by this: http://pasargadtours.com/Kashan.htm , but
> I got done and said, "Huh.  Looks like a giant sand castle."  Perhaps more
> geometric and less organic would help.

Don't! I definitively like it this way :)

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