SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
Morse theory shows how the topology of an implicit surface is affected by its function’s critical points, whereas catastrophe theory shows how these critical points behave as th...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
Artists study anatomy to understand the relationship between exterior form and the structures responsible for creating it. In this paper we follow a similar approach in developing...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
We present an interactive system for creating pen-and-ink-style line drawings from greyscale images in which the strokes of the rendered illustration follow the features of the or...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
Force feedback coupled with visual display allows people to interact intuitively with complex virtual environments. For this synergy of haptics and graphics to flourish, however, ...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
In this paper, we introduce the progressive simplicial complex (PSC) representation, a new format for storing and transmitting triangulated geometric models. Like the earlier prog...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
Simulating realistic lighting and rendering complex scenes are usually considered separate problems with incompatible solutions. Accurate lighting calculations are typically perfo...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
Interactive modeling of 3-D solids is an important and difficult problem in computer graphics. The Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) modeling scheme is highly attractive for inte...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
In 1992, Barr et al. proposed a method for interpolating orientations with unit quaternion curves by minimizing covariant acceleration. This paper presents a simple improved metho...
SIGGRAPH
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
1997
ACM
Virtual Reality (VR) has generated much excitement but little formal proof that it is useful. Because VR interfaces are difficult and expensive to build, the computer graphics co...