Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets

(blog.maximeheckel.com)

157 points | by ibobev 2 hours ago

8 comments

  • etra0 57 minutes ago
    I saw this a while ago so it might not be totally related, but Sebastian Lague did a video on atmospheres for his planet generation experiment which was also very entertaining to watch [1].

    There's something particularly entertaining on developing visuals and watching them come a reality — I hope at some point be able to experiment in this field.

    [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfEbulyFcY

  • baliex 36 minutes ago
    This is absolutely fantastic.

    I've thought before about trying to render skies on the web as a series of gradients overlaid on top of one another. I expect I could have had some level of success and gotten some mediocre results, but it would be nothing compared to what you've created.

    Thank you so much for sharing this; it's inspirational, must have taken you a very long time to put together, and I'm blown away by your results.

  • dinfinity 1 hour ago
    SpaceEngine is also known for putting quite some effort into this; highly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4TjdVAbXks

    https://spaceengine.org/

    • the__alchemist 49 minutes ago
      It's fantastic software that's been around for many years, and has exquisite attention to detail on this and many other topics; this article also reminded me of it!
  • arjie 25 minutes ago
    Oh these are gorgeous. And I’m partial to the kind of things that are based on physics models as opposed to the techniques based on graphics hacks (stacked gradients etc.).
  • sdoering 1 hour ago
    Wow. This was quite a ride. I only understood maybe 5% - but I was massively impressed.
    • MeshHideaki 52 minutes ago
      Same here. The visuals alone made it worth reading.
      • sdoering 49 minutes ago
        Absolutely. Could not agree more!
  • jeremyscanvic 1 hour ago
    I wonder how this relates to the Perez All-Weather and Preetham sky models. Not an expert about that but I managed to implement those in the past and it was quite a fun project!

    https://github.com/jscanvic/SkySim

  • gabrielcsapo 1 hour ago
    Incredible personal website, great post. Super awesome content!
  • mirekrusin 1 hour ago
    Gem.

    Flat earth version for comparison would be fun.