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24 alternatives to Building Real-Time Global Illumination: Part 1

Building Real-Time Global Illumination: Part 1

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Building Real-Time Global Illumination: Part 1 launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Real-time image generation with SDXL Lightning▲444

   2024 · fastsdxl.ai · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Virtual Sun▲101

   We built CircadianLab, a free in-browser tool for lighting design. It uses webGPU shaders to calculate melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance (mel-EDI, formerly EML, relevant for circadian rhythm and WELL v2 compliance), photopic illuminance, UGR glare per CIE 117, and actual daylight through windows and skylights. It has a database of 400,000+ IES files from 81 lighting manufacturers and supports easy sharing of scenes/configs with other people. Daylight uses the NREL Solar Position Algorithm and a Perez clear / intermediate / overcast sky model, mixed into the same…

   2020 · innerscene.com · its alternatives →

3. 3WD
   [WebGL Demo] Indirect Lighting Using Reflective Shadow Maps▲6

   2017 · erkaman.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Four Shadows▲64

   Time-aware algorithm driven shadows for icons

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Odyssey 3▲159

   A world model that simulates physics in real time

   15d ago · odyssey.systems · its alternatives →

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   Vectary Photon▲181

   One-click photorealistic rendering for 2D designers

   2019 · vectary.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Revolights▲88

   A futuristic bicycle lighting system

   2015 · revolights.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Lightmeter▲130

   Film Camera designed for everyday moments

   Sep 2026 · shotonlightmeter.com · its alternatives →

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   Scene▲67

   A new way to do photos.

   2015 · scn.jp · its alternatives →

10. 10RT
    Real time color previsualisation▲8

    2012 · blog.framebench.com · its alternatives →

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    Relight▲85

    Realtime HDR instantly corrects your lighting and exposure

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Relight Scene by Jector AI▲29

    Create beautiful lighting & shadows in seconds

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Silk▲92

    An Interactive web canvas for "Light Painting"

    2015 · weavesilk.com · its alternatives →

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    himawari.js▲79

    Real-time images of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15RG
    Realtime Geostationary Earth Imagery▲6

    2020 · bluemarble.nitk.in · its alternatives →

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    Commonfloor Retina▲68

    The VR way to explore properties

    2015 · commonfloor.com · its alternatives →

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    Daylight▲60

    Stories told through art

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18WB
    Web based audio visualization on RGB LEDs▲48

    Experiments with tech and their record on the internet

    2018 · ashishdubey.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Koguma▲69

    A piggybank to discover the arctic in augmented reality

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    LightRail▲17

    A subway-responsive light sculpture

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Lightform▲8

    Simplified projection mapping for augmented reality

    2017 · lightform.com · its alternatives →

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    HoloPlayer One▲7

    The world’s first interactive lightfield development kit

    2017 · lookingglassfactory.com · its alternatives →

23. 23ST
    Solaris the Thinking Ocean Simulator▲7

    Solaris - a real-time WebGL simulation of Lem

    Jun 2026 · solaris.franzai.com · its alternatives →

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    Cloudinary▲14

    Image Management In The Cloud

    2014 · cloudinary.com · its alternatives →

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