Global Illumination

In a virtual environment, global illumination takes the same role as soft lighting does in the physical world. It is an illumination source that does not have a point of origin, illuminating all things equally.

Typically this does not involve an actual lightsource, but an offset for all calculations on lighting effects on objects within a set 3D area ? such as the entire environment. Giving them the assumption that a set amount of light is continually falling on every facet of every object.

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Global Illumination

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Cities XL
Gameindustry.biz take a look at Cities XL, Monte Cristo's ambitious product, attempting to combine a traditional city-simulation game with massively multiplayer online functionality, giving players the option to take part in a global, entirely player-dependent global economy.

Mudding with Language Barriers
?In a global community, language has no limits and interpretation is sometimes misleading.?

'Stealth': A.I. out of control

An AI-based unmanned stealth fighter jet, after being hit by lightning, decides to execute a top-secret mission that could result in global thermonuclear war ? the plotline from Stealth, a movie based on reality?

The VRT Concept
One of the problems with global, persistent, shared virtual environments, is time. More specifically, time zones. To demonstrate this problem, go to any non-roleplay virtual environment or even a simple chatroom with a fair number of participants, and ask people what the time is:

Local Area Augmentation Systems
A Local area Augmentation System is used to augment Global Positioning Systems when fine, precise detail is required. They could actually solve a lot more sensor web issues than just the use in aeronautics they have today.

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