THREE.HemisphereLight
The first special light we're going to look at is THREE.HemisphereLight. With THREE.HemisphereLight, we can create more natural-looking outdoor lighting. Without this light, we could simulate the outdoors by creating THREE.DirectionalLight, which emulates the sun, and maybe add an additional THREE.AmbientLight to provide some general color to the scene. This, however, won't look really natural. When you're outdoors, not all the light comes directly from above: much is diffused by the atmosphere and reflected by the ground and other objects. THREE.HemisphereLight in Three.js is created for this scenario. This is an easy way to get more natural-looking outdoor lighting. To see an example, look at 05-hemisphere-light.html ...
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