founded 2010 headquarters bratislava slovakia website outerra.com outerra is a slovakian computer software company best known for its middleware 3d planetary graphics engine called outerra engine in development since 2008 . 2 the engine renders high quality terrain terrain texturing flora and water flow normal maps using relatively sparse and highly compressed data through fractal processing and other types of procedural generation . the game anteworld uses real world data to create a virtual replica of planet earth . contents 1 features 2 anteworld 3 middle earth dem project 4 virtual mars 5 titanim 6 references 7 further reading 8 external links features edit features of the engine and its tech demo anteworld include an example of how outerra relies on fractal calculations for terrain rendering . fractal refinement of preexisting terrain data 3 support of vector based data such as roads seamless transitioning from outer space to planet surface chromium browser integration land vehicle physics and jsbsim flight dynamics model library for aircraft physics unlimited visibility dynamic and adjustable time flow 4 freetrack support 4 fbx importer and export of models in self installing otx format 4 oculus rift support 5 6 7 anteworld edit the developers of outerra released an alpha tech demo for the engine called anteworld the name comes from the latin prefix ante meaning prior to in time a world that was that consists of a digital replica of the whole planet earth at a 1 1 scale . the virtual world can be explored in a free camera mode as well as in vehicles such as planes boats and cars . it also features a first person walking mode . for the mirror world real world data was used ingame the user can blend in an embedded google maps of real earth that is synchronized with the current camera position . 8 since june 2013 anteworld provides support for oculus rift . 5 6 7 furthermore user made objects such as houses and vehicles can be spawned and used in the sandbox game . 9 while the tech demo is free some features require an upgrade to the 15 costing full version . 10 an accompanying novella that is loosely tied to the game written by c. shawn smith is planned as well . 10 returning aboard an interstellar colonizer ship built in the golden age of mankind players arrive on the planet earth to discover civilization and humanity vanished . they will have to rebuild the civilization exploring fighting and competing for resources while searching for clues to the disappearance of humanity . the game will contain several modes the basic one will be a single player game but with player built locations being synchronized and replicated between clients . that means player can settle in a free location of his choice where he can build and play and when he goes exploring he ll be able to observe and visit other sites where other players are building their world . brano kemen developer of outerra on the plans for the game 10 middle earth dem project edit in 2013 a separate non profit motivated group of hobbyists released a first version of terrain data of middle earth compiled for outerra . 11 the goal of this digital elevation model project which was launched by oshyan greene and carl lingard in 2006 12 is what they summarize as a living breathing middle earth a highly detailed model which includes rivers vegetation buildings roads and subterranean features . 13 the sources for the maps include tolkien s maps such as the ones in the lord of the rings and the silmarillion strachey s journeys of frodo fonstad s the atlas of middle earth the locations used in peter jackson s movies as well as fan made maps . 14 virtual mars edit in february 2014 the developers announced ongoing development which was planned since october 2009 15 to add another planet to the two already existing ones earth and the fictional middle earth mars . 4 additionally in 2014 they stated that ultimately the whole solar system should be accessible in a single game on twitter . 16 titanim edit titanim is an outerra based military simulation platform that was revealed in december 2014 at the world s largest modeling simulation and training conference oriented at military use i itsec in orlando . titanim was granted exclusive license to the outerra engine for military use . 17 18 references edit outerra s.r.o business register of ministry of justice of the slovak republic outerra on blogger features . outerra . retrieved 21 july 2011 . a b c d 2013 retrospective 2014 look ahead . outerra blog . retrieved 27 february 2015 . a b first outerra build with oculus rift support now available . roadtovr.com . retrieved 26 february 2015 . a b outerra preview fly planes drive buses and steer boats . theriftarcade.com . retrieved 26 february 2015 . a b outerra tech demo the whole planet earth . oculus vr forums . retrieved 26 february 2015 . terrain source developer answer . outerra . retrieved 27 february 2015 . outerra mods faq . retrieved 16 december 2015 . a b c outerra tech demo free tech demo upgradable to the anteworld sandbox game alpha . outerra . retrieved 25 february 2015 . outerra forums middle earth world for outerra released . outerra forums . retrieved 26 february 2015 . if middle earth were real these exquisite shots would be its vacation brochure . wired . retrieved 27 february 2015 . me dem.org what is the purpose of this project . me dem.org . retrieved 26 february 2015 . me dem.org what are your sources for mapping middle earth . me dem.org . retrieved 26 february 2015 . welcome to the ideas forum . outerra forum . retrieved 27 february 2015 . twitter post by outerra . twitter outerra . retrieved 27 february 2015 . titanim an outerra based military simulation platform . outerra blog . retrieved 27 february 2015 . titan at it sec 2015 . retrieved 16 december 2015 . further reading edit maloof blake mar. 6 2012 earth s digital doppelganger make . rose mike jan. 31 2014 outerra a seamless planet rendering engine gamasutra . templeton graham feb. 6 2014 outerra the seamless planet rendering engine that could change open world games geek.com . external links edit official website outerra on blogger outerra on twitter outerra on facebook outerra on google r outerra subreddit for the engine and anteworld user submitted mods retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title outerra & oldid 742511524 categories video game enginesvirtual globesvirtual realityvideo game companies of slovakiavideo game development companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 04 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view