[BUG-5816] New Texture Mode - Skybox

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How would you like the feature to work?

I know 'Skybox' sounds misleading in SL context and I don't know if its really called like that, so please let me explain: What I mean is the simple effect that makes the texture seems to be indefinite far away. Think of a spacestation, you place prims outside the windows and apply a starfield texture. In SL it will look like a painting on the wall when you move around a little, but if you could switch it to skybox mode, that starfield would look far away.

Why is this feature important to you? How would it benefit the community?

This effect is part of every 3d game engine I know since the early 90s hence I think it must be easy to implement and cheap to render and it could contribute alot to create an immersive feel inside SL.

Original Jira Fields

| Field | Value | | ------------- | ------------- | | Issue | BUG-5816 | | Summary | New Texture Mode - Skybox | | Type | New Feature Request | | Priority | Unset | | Status | Been Triaged | | Resolution | Triaged | | Reporter | Veron Helstein (veron.helstein) | | Created at | 2014-04-22T08:52:12Z | | Updated at | 2014-04-23T18:31:36Z | ``` { 'Business Unit': ['Platform'], 'Date of First Response': '2014-04-23T13:31:15.931-0500', 'How would you like the feature to work?': "I know 'Skybox' sounds misleading in SL context and I don't know if its really called like that, so please let me explain: What I mean is the simple effect that makes the texture seems to be indefinite far away.\r\nThink of a spacestation, you place prims outside the windows and apply a starfield texture. \r\nIn SL it will look like a painting on the wall when you move around a little, but if you could switch it to skybox mode, that starfield would look far away.", 'Target Viewer Version': 'viewer-development', 'Why is this feature important to you? How would it benefit the community?': 'This effect is part of every 3d game engine I know since the early 90s hence I think it must be a cheap to implement and cheap to render and it could contribute alot to create an immersive feel inside SL.', } ```

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Alexa Linden commented at 2014-04-23T18:31:16Z

Thank you for your suggestion.