Using data from Sloan Digitial Sky Survey, we created an interactive 3D simulation of galaxies to scale of the known universe. Each galaxy is textured and billboarded by an image representative of its type and the size of the texture is representative to the scaled size of the galaxy.
CONTROLS:
- Quit: ESC
- Fullscreen: E
- Reset Scene: R
- Toggle Textures: T
- Forward/Backward: W,S
- Rotate Scene: Mouse Drag
PLATFORMS:
- Mac (OS X)
- Linux (Ubuntu)
- Windows
LIBRARIES:
- OpenGL 2.x
- SDL 1.2.15
- LeapMotion 0.7.9
INSTALLATION:
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Prerequisites:
- SDL 1.2.15
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Mac/Linux:
initial clone (one time): make init
on x64 platforms: make
on x86 platforms: make x86
remove binary/objs: make clean
- Windows:
To Come
USAGE:
- From command line of Makefile:
bin/flythrough
CONTACT:
- Jason Hsu [email protected]
- Charles Henderson [email protected]
- Daniel Chen [email protected]