The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment

Computer graphics are typically used to generate real-world simulations with realistic image generation, especially for external environments that require sky as the main background. This research study aims to generate simulated sky color during the day which can model the sky from any location on...

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Main Authors: Sunar, Mohd. Shahrizal, Bade, Abdullah
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Computer Science and Information System 2005
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/4337/
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Bade, Abdullah
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Bade, Abdullah
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description Computer graphics are typically used to generate real-world simulations with realistic image generation, especially for external environments that require sky as the main background. This research study aims to generate simulated sky color during the day which can model the sky from any location on earth. The study only focuses on the color of the sky only without taking into account the other objects in the sky such as clouds, rainbows, atmospheric effects and so on. The domineering or hemisphere method is used in the development of this simulation. Among the important things in determining the sun's position is the time, date and location of the observer. Location of observer is determined by longitude and latitude of the earth. The dom model is used as a representation of the sky. The basic mathematical formula for the sphere is used to model a robust data structure for the dom model. The sky is also calculated using an analytical model for the sky. The calculated sky color will be mapped to the vertices in the dom. Then the color between each vertex will be calculated interpolated and smoothly deluded to produce a color estimate for the sky. This technique has been able to increase performance and improve simulation earnings. Hence, it is best suited to real-time applications and can also contribute to the weather model in the environmental modeling.
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spelling utm-43372017-08-07T01:56:40Z http://eprints.utm.my/4337/ The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment Sunar, Mohd. Shahrizal Bade, Abdullah ZA4050 Electronic information resources Computer graphics are typically used to generate real-world simulations with realistic image generation, especially for external environments that require sky as the main background. This research study aims to generate simulated sky color during the day which can model the sky from any location on earth. The study only focuses on the color of the sky only without taking into account the other objects in the sky such as clouds, rainbows, atmospheric effects and so on. The domineering or hemisphere method is used in the development of this simulation. Among the important things in determining the sun's position is the time, date and location of the observer. Location of observer is determined by longitude and latitude of the earth. The dom model is used as a representation of the sky. The basic mathematical formula for the sphere is used to model a robust data structure for the dom model. The sky is also calculated using an analytical model for the sky. The calculated sky color will be mapped to the vertices in the dom. Then the color between each vertex will be calculated interpolated and smoothly deluded to produce a color estimate for the sky. This technique has been able to increase performance and improve simulation earnings. Hence, it is best suited to real-time applications and can also contribute to the weather model in the environmental modeling. Faculty of Computer Science and Information System 2005 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/4337/1/71843.pdf Sunar, Mohd. Shahrizal and Bade, Abdullah (2005) The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment. Project Report. Faculty of Computer Science and Information System, Skudai Johor. (Unpublished)
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Sunar, Mohd. Shahrizal
Bade, Abdullah
The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment
title The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment
title_full The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment
title_fullStr The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment
title_full_unstemmed The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment
title_short The development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment
title_sort development of real-time daylight sky colour simulation for virtual environment
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url http://eprints.utm.my/4337/
http://eprints.utm.my/4337/1/71843.pdf