Panoramas with per-pixel lighting and realtime shadows

Posted on: July 6, 2008

These are the first Second Life panoramas featuring experimental graphics goodness I touched on before. I hope they’re not the last. To really appreciate them, click through to view at full resolution. Featuring Sweet Mermaids and the Garden of Da Vinci regions, they’re rather large files (about 10 and 5 MB), so relax while they load.

Sweet Mermaids panorama

Garden of Da Vinci in Kalepa panorama

I enjoy looking at SL panoramas — I have a whole set — so if you’ve made some, let me know in the comments! While my means of making have changed over time, if you’re curious, I still have an original tutorial.

And to get a better taste, see more piccies of SL’s dynamic shadows.

5 Responses to “Panoramas with per-pixel lighting and realtime shadows”

  1. Panoramas and real time shadows in Second Life « Says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 12:19 AM PDT

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  2. Evalia Magic Says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 1:52 AM PDT

    Wow those look absolutely amazing Torley, glad I checked here before bed.

    Why did I check here before bed? Because I saw this photo an immediately thought of our favorite Linden.

    http://bp1.blogger.com/_opptvFBa4ck/SG5OSKzp-VI/AAAAAAAACxE/0N6kFFETbuk/s400/Freaky-Face-Paint-11.jpg

  3. Verde Otaared Says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 4:24 AM PDT

    I love panoramas too! Here are my attempts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/verdeo/sets/72157605005816244/

  4. Lorimae Undercroft Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 8:58 AM PDT

    Here's my first attempt, it's of my land. This was fun and a whole lot easier than I expected! Thanks for having a great tutorial about it Torley! :)

    On vacation last week I took some photos from a bridge with the intent of trying to line them up for a panoramic shot, I was dreading having to align them by hand. Later I'll load them up in Autostitch and see what comes out!

    I'm definitely going to try some more in SL this weekend yay!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorimae/2656103542/

  5. Torley Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 10:06 AM PDT

    @Evalia: That appeals SO much to me. :)

    *goes to check out Verde and Lorimae's panoramas*

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