Celestia 1.6.1
                             32.77mb-(freeware)
Prion:oduct discript: Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.The application is especially usefull for education and entertainment purposes.Enjoy the clean interface and smooth browsing of this amazing software.


                                                                     Celestia 1.6.1
Features included: 

• Added support for specular textures an normal maps for meshes
• Enabled display of eclipse shadows cast onto meshes
• Enabled per-pixel specular lighting for higher-quality specular highlights, i.e. fewer tessellation artifacts. This is especially noticeable with low polygon models with specular materials.
• Normal maps and specular materials can now be applied at the same time, for 'bumpy-shiny' effects
• Simulated scattering, for much more realistic rendering of planetary atmospheres.
• Implemented a Lunar-Lambert photometric model for more realistic rendering of dust covered bodies such as the moon.
• Added support for compressed normal maps; eliminates the need to use huge amounts of texture memory for high quality normal maps

Author: Mohammad

Related Posts:

Science and Education