Cone-spheres

This paper proposes to use relief-mapped conical frusta (cones cut by planes) to skin skeletal objects. Based on this representation, current programmable graphics hardware can perform the rendering with only minimal communication between the CPU and GPU. A consistent definition of conical frusta including texture parametrization and a continuous surface normal is provided. Rendering is performed by analytical ray casting of the relief-mapped frusta directly on the GPU. We demonstrate both static and animated objects rendered using our technique and compare to polygonal renderings of similar quality. Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): I.3.3 [Computer Graphics]: Display algorithms I.3.7 [Three Dimensional Graphics and Realism]: Color, shading, shadowing and texture

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1990
• Where: SIGGRAPH
• Authors: Nelson L. Max
• Keywords: Computer Graphics, Conical Frusta, Relief-mapped Conical Frusta, SIGGRAPH 1990, Skin Skeletal Objects