The magic of the Z-Buffer: A Survey

The wide availability of hardwired Z-buffer has sparked an explosion in the number of applications of the algorithm whose origins lie in hidden surface elimination. This paper presents a much-needed survey of key applications of the Z-buffer from the fields of rendering, modelling and vision in a common notation in order to help users make better use of this resource.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: WSCG
• Authors: Theoharis Theoharis, Georgios Papaioannou, Evaggelia-Aggeliki Karabassi
• Keywords: Hardwired Z-buffer, Hidden Surface Elimination, Much-needed Survey, WSCG 2001