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SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Predicting reflectance functions from complex surfaces
We describe a physically-based Monte Carlo technique for approximating bidirectional reflectance distribution functions (BRDFs) for a large class of geometries by directly simulat...
Stephen H. Westin, James Arvo, Kenneth E. Torrance
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Variational surface modeling
We present a new approachto interactive modeling of freeform surfaces. Instead of a fixed mesh of control points, the model presented to the user is that of an infinitely malleabl...
William Welch, Andrew P. Witkin
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Measuring and modeling anisotropic reflection
A new device for measuringthe spatial reflectancedistributionsof surfaces is introduced, along with a new mathematical model of sniaorropic reflectance. The reflectance model pres...
Gregory J. Ward
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Re-tiling polygonal surfaces
This paper presents an automatic method of creating surface models at several levels of detail from an original polygonal description of a given object. Representing models at var...
Greg Turk
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Generative modeling: a symbolic system for geometric modeling
This paper discusses a new, symbolic approach to geometric modeling called generative modeling. The approach allows specification, rendering, and analysis of a wide variety of sha...
John M. Snyder, James T. Kajiya
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Interval analysis for computer graphics
This paper discusses how interval analysis can be used to solve a wide variety of problems in computer graphics. These problems include ray tracing, interference detection, polygo...
John M. Snyder
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Using deformations to explore 3D widget design
Scott S. Snibbe, Kenneth P. Herndon, Daniel C. Rob...
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
An importance-driven radiosity algorithm
We present a new radiosi[y algorithm for efficiently computing global solutions with respect to a constrained set of views. Radiosi ties of directly visible surfaces are computed ...
Brian E. Smits, James Arvo, David Salesin
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Computing the antipenumbra of an area light source
We define the antiumbra and the antipenumbra of a convex area light source shining through a sequence of convex areal holes in three dimensions. The antiumbra is the volume from w...
Seth J. Teller
SIGGRAPH
1992
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Surface modeling with oriented particle systems
Richard Szeliski, David Tonnesen