Map an image onto a sphere to view it from the inside as a VR surrounding or from the outside as a globe
Contributed by:
Markus van Almsick
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
View the night sky near the European Southern Observatory in Chile (the large image may take a while to download):
Scope (1)
You can choose a ViewPoint outside the sphere:
Options (2)
PerformanceGoal (1)
Use fewer polygons for the spherical geometry for faster interactive rendering:
MirrorImage (1)
Flip the image to view the world map from the back inside out:
Applications (4)
Create a stitched image on a spherical canvas:
Pad the image to cover an entire sphere:
Create an interactive 360 ° viewer:
View the spherical construct from the outside:
Version History
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1.1.0
– 07 June 2023
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1.0.0
– 15 February 2023
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