While 2D texture mapping is one of the most effective of the rendering techniques that make
3D objects appear visually interesting, it often suffers from visual artifacts produced when 2D
image patterns are wrapped onto the surfaces of objects with arbitrary shapes. On the other
hand, 3D texture mapping generates highly natural visual effects in which objects appear
carved from lumps of materials rather than laminated with thin sheets as in 2D texture
mapping. Storing 3D texture images in a table for fast mapping computations, instead of …