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Life & fun · January 28, 2018

A real-world heightmap terrain with an animated energy dome (in Go)

A visually appealing terrain visualization from real-world data with some extras, such as an animated energy dome, LOD tessellation and multisampling - MauriceGit/Energy-Dome_Terrain

A real-world heightmap terrain with an animated energy dome (in Go) launched on January 28, 2018 with 6 votes, #1,271 of 3,021 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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