Earth 3D Lite overview

Turn your monitor into a realistic space shuttle window! Our planet looks exactly as it's seen by astronauts. You see the blackness of outer space with sparks of stars on it. You are flying around the Earth, a colorful ball with a veil of atmosphere.

Features:

Live wallpaper
High-quality 3D graphics and effects
HD-textures for 1920x1080 and up
Retina display ready
Screen saver mode
Multi-monitor support with monitor selection
Doesn't prevent your computer from going to sleep

Additional features in the full version:

Explore our planet with Interactive mode
Day/night cycle with city lights
Real-life nighttime sky
More than 2,600 geographic objects
More than 500 wonders of the world
Original music track

What’s new in version 8.1.0

Updated on Jan 26 2022

Support for Apple Silicon M1
Bug fixes and stability improvements

Information

License

Free

Size

91.8 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.3planesoft.com/mac/earth-3d-lite/

Downloads

14394

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
OS X 10.10.0 or later

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Steve-Copley

Nov 13 2011

1.0.0

4.5

Nov 13 2011

4.5

Version: 1.0.0

I dream of going into orbit... this is probably the closest I'll actually get! This is a really well implemented application. It provides a view of earth smoothly passing by 'below' the viewport of your Mac's display. I can't stop gazing at it. A couple of little issues... The earth texture is fairly low resolution, so coastlines, etc. are a bit blurry. (I'd happily pay for a version with higher resolution textures). The textures are high-mapped (so that mountains, etc. are shown in '3D') but the heights are over-emphasised. The result is the sight of comically huge, pointy mountains passing by. I think this is done to compensate for the low resolution high map. (Once again, for a more detailed height map, and more realistic display of those heights, I'd happily pay) The paid version offers lots of extra details (famous sights, labels, etc.) but I think the lack of information is what makes this free version all the more charming - just the view of our blue/green planet. Thanks to the dev. for this.