What does SKYBOX mean?
Definitions for SKYBOX
ˈskaɪˌbɒkssky·box
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Princeton's WordNet
skyboxnoun
an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
Wiktionary
skyboxnoun
In a stadium, a seating area for VIPs.
skyboxnoun
A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
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skybox
A skybox is a method used in 3D computer graphics to create a representation of a background, such as a skyline or distant horizon, in a video game or virtual reality system. It creates an illusion of distant three-dimensional surroundings in 360-degree panorama. Usually, it is a large cube, with a texture or image mapped on the inside faces, that encloses the virtual environment.
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Skybox
A skybox is a method of creating backgrounds to make a computer and video games level look bigger than it really is. When a skybox is used, the level is enclosed in a cuboid; and the sky, distant mountains, distant buildings, and other unreachable objects are projected onto the cube's faces, thus creating the illusion of distant three-dimensional surroundings. A skydome employs the same concept but uses either a sphere or a hemisphere instead of a cube. Processing of 3D graphics is computationally expensive, specifically in real-time games, and poses multiple limits. Levels have to be processed at tremendous speeds, making it difficult to render vast skyscapes in real-time. Additionally, realtime graphics generally have depth buffers with limited bit-depth which puts a limit on the amount of detail that can be rendered at a distance. To compensate for these problems, games often employ skyboxes. Traditionally, these are simple cubes with up to 6 different textures placed on the faces. By careful alignment, a viewer in the exact middle of the skybox will perceive the illusion of a real 3D world around it, made up of those 6 faces. As a viewer moves through a 3D scene, it is common for the skybox to remain stationary with respect to the viewer. This technique gives the skybox the illusion of being very far away since other objects in the scene appear to move, while the skybox does not. This imitates real life, where distant objects such as clouds, stars and even mountains appear to be stationary when the viewpoint is displaced by relatively small distances. Effectively, everything in a skybox will always appear to be infinitely distant from the viewer. This consequence of skyboxes dictates that designers should be careful not to carelessly include images of discrete objects in the textures of a skybox since the viewer may be able to perceive the inconsistencies of those objects' sizes as the scene is traversed.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SKYBOX in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SKYBOX in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of SKYBOX in a Sentence
I have two very strong memories of that night, one was looking up at my dad( former Baltimore Orioles manager Cal Ripken Sr.), catching his eye in the Skybox.
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