If Middle-Earth Were Real, These Exquisite Shots Would Be Its Vacation Brochure by Peter Rubin.
From the post:
While Westeros is making a run for it, JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth is still the undisputed champ of fantasy worlds beloved by cartographers. Several projects over the years have tried to map the land of Lord of the Rings—some great, some unrealized. Now, however, the most ambitious among them has joined forces with a videogame middleware company to transcend simple drawings and create the most stunning shots thus far.
Peter covers the results of a collaboration between Outerra and the ME-DEM (Middle-earth Digital Elevation Model) Project. Quite stunning.
To see the demo at ME-DEM, I need to install a newer version of Windows on a VM. Windows 8.1 Pro? Need to see if it is compatible with a NVIDIA video card.
I’m as confused as you are about Peter saying “…were real…” with regard to Middle Earth.
The stories of Middle Earth have influenced more people and events than many things thought to be “more real.”