if you have AE 2018 you can really make this stuff "pop"
using the built in vr tools and 16 or 32 bit
and use the output to drive your PBR/GI in iclone


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Wow, some very useful information here!
I like the idea of creating sky HDRIs and i already have a project where i can use this :)
Not to mention that i instantly had to try this, and it worked in both ways.
Though, the second one was a bit easier ;)

Thanks so much for sharing this, guys!!

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@pedrosura, Kipster: Thanks for posting. I needed some inspiration and this is really cool!

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the ship editor is also pretty cool
it can export to obj



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Awesome.... Thank you...

i use the camera controls, not the ships
and its a pretty basic setup with inverted controls for up and down
since its natural to steer that way



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Interested in finding out how you setup yours. I haven't done a lot of recording while flying around but it could be very interesting..

there are no stitching errors with the poles
and i have used the animated versions in iclone as skies
without any issues (wmv) on a modest system.

also, you may want to setup a gamepad for flight control
when doing the animated stuff





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You are welcomed. Read the post below for a different approach. Agreed, Space Engine is a must for syfy..

Great video @kipster.. I am sure there are many ways of doing it. I guess depending on what shot you are doing you can use different projections. How does the cylindrical display at the poles?? I thought the the cubemap was the best no matter in what direction you looked. I am going to try this method.
Have you porjected a 360 degree video on a 360 prim and used it as an image background. I would be interested in doing this. I am sure that there will be memory issues but I wonder what kind of resolution would be possible. 

Thank you for posting.