Skybox (video games)
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skybox-video-games-181-16844034
title:
Skybox (video games)
text:
A skybox is a method of creating backgrounds to make a video game level appear larger than it really is. When a skybox is used, the level is enclosed in a cuboid. The sky, distant mountains, distant buildings, and other unreachable objects are projected onto the cube's faces, thus creating the illusion of distant three-dimensional surroundings. A skydome employs the same concept but uses either a sphere or a hemisphere instead of a cube. Processing of 3D graphics is computationally expensive, es
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Technique in video game aesthetic design
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybox_(video_games)
date created:
2004-08-19T17:54:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T02:31:19Z
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