[Bf-funboard] New and impressive tools from polyboost

[Petter Myrlid Sundnes]

The distortion seems to come when applying spherical textureMode, so if you use
spherical unwrap in any 3D application (be it LightWave, Maya or Cinema4D), you
wont have the distortion.

I can make you a W3D with an embedded UV on it if you want...

I am not sure if the Panolusion engine is using a spherical sky-sphere, or a
skybox, but it is possible to render out 6 images from an original spherical
image, and apply them on a box (same visual result, but using less polygons).

Petter


Quoting Carsten Wartmann <Carsten.Wartmann at imago-viva.de>:

> Tom M wrote:
> 
>  > Polyboost has a number of interesting new features
>  >
>  > http://www.cmlcreative.com/Videos/PolyBoost2_video.avi
>  >
>  > UVs
>  >
>  > Brecht at the end is a tool for tweaking uv coordinates in the 3d
>  > viewport looks really great for reducing distortion
> 
> 
> I wish I had Max to try. At the moment I am experimenting with Panos 
> mapped on a sphere, but the distorsions drive me crazy...
> 
> Any hint how to reduce them with another tool? Or is it a mathematical 
> limitation? I wonder how they did it: 
>
http://www.reflex-sim.dyndns.org/reflex-sim/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=XTR5021&id=3dm1
> 
> They have something called "PanolusionEngine", which uses the same type 
> of panoramic images, but obviously (I own that simulator) without 
> distorsions....
> 
> Regards,
> Carsten
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