Advanced Texturing and Mapping

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Advanced Texturing and Mapping

• Explore advanced texturing techniques like normal mapping and bump mapping.
• Implement these techniques on selected planets.
• Test and adjust for realistic surface details.

Textures to consider

1. High-Resolution Textures

• Description: Detailed images of the surface of planets, moons, and the sun.
• Usage: Apply these textures to give a realistic appearance to the celestial bodies.

2. Normal Maps

• Description: Textures that simulate small surface details and create the illusion of depth and bumps without increasing the polygon count.
• Usage: Use normal maps to add fine details like craters and mountain ranges.

3. Bump Maps

• Description: Similar to normal maps, but use grayscale images to represent the height of surface features.
• Usage: Apply bump maps to enhance the perception of surface irregularities.

4. Specular Maps

• Description: Textures that define how shiny or reflective a surface appears.
• Usage: Use specular maps to simulate reflective surfaces, such as icy moons or the water bodies on Earth-like planets.

5. Displacement Maps

• Description: Textures that actually displace the surface geometry based on the height information.
• Usage: Use displacement maps for highly detailed surfaces where surface geometry changes are significant.