Global illumination provides a visual richness not achievable with the direct illumination models used by most interactive applications. To generate global effects, numerous appro...
For types of data visualization where the cost of producing images is high, and the relationship between the rendering parameters and the image produced is less than obvious, a vi...
In this paper, we present a new approach to producing photorealistic computer renderings of real architectural scenes under novel lighting conditions, such as at different times o...
The result of a scene manipulation is usually displayed by rerendering the entire image even if the change has affected only a small portion of it. This paper presents a system th...
This paper describes how the handling of visual media objects is implemented in the visual information retrieval project VizIR. Essentially, four areas are concerned: media access...