Another 3D CanDo project – Virtual Armagh Planetarium

[Anonymous]

Hi folks,

One of our 3D projects has just gone live – it’s an interactive visit to the Armagh Planetarium, where you can visit all of the rooms in the actual building, as well as some more interactive elements ( drive the Mars Rover, drag and drop design your own alien etc ).

Here’s the link…
http://www.armaghplanet.com ( click on the Virtually Visit the Planetarium Building (requires Shockwave) ) link.

( if you have a powerful 3D graphics card, here’s the full-screen version )
http://www.armaghplanet.com/3d/indexFullScreen.htm

Also within there is a virtual 3D Solar System – this link will take you directly there…
http://www.armaghplanet.com/3d/3dSolarSystem

A few notes – with the Shockwave 3D file format not supporting light maps, we have coded our own system to enable this functionality. There is a HUGE difference seeing it without shadows.

A lot of the data has been set to stream in externally, so that the team at Armagh Planetarium can change various assets ( 2D, sound ) immediately on their server.

Enjoy! If you’ve visited the actual physical building, it’ll be interesting to hear your comments on the Virtual Visit.
Mal

[Anonymous]

Very impressive. Looks fantastic.

[Anonymous]

Very cool :)

[Anonymous]

Cheers folks!

If you know someone who might have an interest in Astronomy, it would be great if you could send them the links.

I know that the Armagh team are looking to show off their new building, exhibits etc, and hopefully will get some virtually visitors translating into real visitors.

Mal

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