Satellite terrain and natural sky in headless Unity simulation

Natural Skies and Satellite Terrain in a Headless Unity Simulation

How I replaced flat brown terrain and solid-color sky in a headless Unity 6 Docker simulation with real satellite imagery, SRTM topography, and a custom panoramic skybox — all fully air-gapped, no runtime network dependency. Includes NVENC GPU encoding, custom shaders, and every dead end along the way.

April 4, 2026 · 12 min · Pavel Guzenfeld