The fan community for Outerra - a graphics engine capable of rendering high-quality terrain images from relatively sparse data - has recreated Tolkien's Middle-earth using the software. This has resulted in some stunning and impressive views, especially considering this is only an alpha version.
You can see more pictures
here and
here, and a discussion on the Outerra forum
here. The dedicated Middle-earth project website can be found
here. Plus there's also a tech demo video:
This could be the next big thing for fantasy cartography. Westeros or Faerun next?
4 comments:
Is Middle Earth located on a round planet though? I thought the Silmarillion was unclear on the subject...
Arda is flat until the Downfall of Numenor, at which point it becomes a globed planet and Valinor is removed from the mortal realm. THE SILMARILLION is a bit vague on it, but UNFINISHED TALES makes it clear.
These guys either has nothing to be or this is a great promo of their skills. Based on this, film studios should give them so serious work.
Randland.
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