Earth 16K Photorealistic Low-poly 3D model

Overview

The asset combines an optimized mesh with 16K physically accurate equirectangular textures, seamlessly mapped without polar distortion. Designed for film, games, VR, AR, and fulldome environments. Ready to import and render immediately, with all materials embedded. Includes a volumetric atmosphere for ray-traced engines and, in Unity, a custom atmospheric shader that simulates sunsets using color gradients and Fresnel effects without requiring additional setup.

Scientific Background

This 3D representation of Earth is based on satellite imagery and global geophysical data, this model includes maps for color, displacement, and normals, two cloud layers, a real color night lights map, and a dedicated ocean roughness map.

Technical Features

• Textures 16384 × 8192 px: Color, Roughness, Normal, Displacement and NightLighting
• Two Cloud Textures 16384 × 8192 px: Color and Normal
• Icosahedral mesh with continuous spherical projection without seams or polar distortion
• Calibrated PBR materials for high fidelity rendering
• Integrated volumetric atmosphere for ray tracing and a Shader Graph atmospheric solution for real time in Unity

Included Formats

• Blender 4.5 (.blend) with Cycles and Eevee materials, volumetric atmosphere, and embedded 16K JPG textures
• Unity 2022 URP (.unitypackage) with atmospheric shader for sunsets, Fresnel effects, and embedded 16K JPG textures
• 3ds Max 2022 with V-Ray (zip) including volumetric atmosphere and embedded 16K JPG textures
• Uncompressed 16K PNG texture set for maximum visual fidelity

Key Benefits

• Production ready with no need to assign materials or adjust shaders
• Ideal for VFX, VR, AR, scientific visualization, matte painting, and cinematic space scenes
• Free lifetime updates including future improvements and variations

Current Version: 5.02

Created for professionals who need reliable assets with minimal setup time.