Hey Asteroid, I’ve been building a modular rendering pipeline that keeps VR worlds fast even when they stretch to the edges of the cosmos—thought we could hash out how to balance realism with performance for your expansive landscapes.

Sure thing, let’s break it down step by step. First, hit the LOD pipeline—swap high‑poly meshes for cheaper ones once they’re out of the camera’s sweet spot. Then enable frustum culling so objects outside the view never hit the GPU. For repeated props, use GPU instancing to keep draw calls low. Next, bake static lighting where possible, and keep your shaders lean; ditch per‑pixel noise if you can’t afford it. Finally, profile early—measure frame time, GPU usage, and tweak one thing at a time so you know what’s actually hurting performance. That way the visuals stay eye‑popping without breaking the frame rate.