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View all- Dagenais FGagnon JPaquette E(2016)An efficient layered simulation workflow for snow imprintsThe Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics10.1007/s00371-016-1261-932:6-8(881-890)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2016
Hybrid-based snow simulation and snow rendering with shell textures
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Sai-Keung Wong, I-Ting FuAuthors Info & Claims
Sai-Keung Wong, I-Ting FuAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 413 - 421
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In this study, we develop a system for interactive snow simulation and rendering. Snow is modeled as a hybrid structure that handles movable snow and static snow separately. We develop a simple approach to convert between these two types of snow. Movable snow is represented by a set of particles, whereas static snow is modeled as grid cells. For a piece of movable snow e.g., snowflake, the particles are connected using springs. Thus, we can model snow as a type of brittle material, such as a snow pile split into chunks of smaller snow pieces after a collision. To render the snow, we adopt a shell structure that has a series of concentric, semitransparent, textured shells. We applied our system to several examples, with the rendered snow appearing similar to real snow. Copyright © 2015John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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