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2000
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14 years 2 months ago
Progressive Geometry Compression for Meshes
A novel progressive geometry compression scheme is presented in the paper. In this scheme a mesh is represented as a base mesh followed by some groups of vertex split operations us...
Xinguo Liu, Hujun Bao, Qunsheng Peng, Pheng-Ann He...
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Acceleration of Monte Carlo Path Tracing in General Environments
This paper describes a two pass algorithm capable of computing solutions to the global illumination in general environments (diffuse or glossy surfaces, anisotropically scattering...
Frederic Pérez, Ignacio Martín, Xavi...
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Animation of Human Locomotion Using Sagittal Elevation Angles
This paper presents a data-driven procedural model for the kinematic animation of human walking. The use of data yields realistic looking gait, while the procedural model yields ï...
Harold C. Sun, Dimitris N. Metaxas
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
A Method for Modeling and Rendering Dunes with Wind-Ripples
This paper proposes a method for modeling and rendering realistic desert scenes. A desert terrain includes sand dunes and wind ripples. We use two types of scale models to form th...
Koichi Onoue, Tomoyuki Nishita
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
TEASAR: Tree-Structure Extraction Algorithm for Accurate and Robust Skeletons
Mie Sato, Ingmar Bitter, Michael A. Bender, Arie E...
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Rendering Natural Waters
Creating and rendering realistic water is one of the most daunting tasks in computer graphics. Realistic rendering of water requires that the sunlight and skylight illumination ar...
Simon Premoze, Michael Ashikhmin
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Interpolating and Approximating Moving Frames Using B-splines
The representation of moving geometry entities is an important issue in the fields of CAD/CAM and robotics motion design. We present a method to interpolate the moving frame homog...
Lizhuang Ma, Tony K. Y. Chan, Zhongding Jiang
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Simulation of FLIR and LADAR Data Using Graphics Animation Software
This paper presents an implementation of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) and Laser Radar (LADAR) data simulation for use in developing a multi-sensor datafusion automated target r...
Gavin Powell, Ralph R. Martin, A. David Marshall, ...
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2000
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Automated Texture Registration and Stitching for Real World Models
In this paper a system is presented which automatically registers and stitches textures acquired from multiple photographic images onto the surface of a given corresponding 3D mod...
Hendrik P. A. Lensch, Wolfgang Heidrich, Hans-Pete...