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Time-critical rendering of discrete and continuous levels of detail

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Christopher Zach,

Stephan Mantler,

Konrad KarnerAuthors Info & Claims

VRST '02: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology

Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/585740.585742

Published: 11 November 2002 Publication History

Abstract

We present a novel level of detail selection method for real-time rendering, that works on hierarchies of discrete and continuous representations. We integrate point rendered objects with polygonal geometry and demonstrate our approach in a terrain flyover application, where the digital elevation model is augmented with forests. The vegetation is rendered as continuous sequence of splats, which are organized in a hierarchy. Further we discuss enhancements to our basic method to improve its scalability.

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Time-critical rendering of discrete and continuous levels of detail
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality

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VRST '02: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology

November 2002

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DOI:10.1145/585740

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Zhejiang University, China
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Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
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Qunsheng Peng
Zhejiang University, China

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