Far voxels: A multiresolution framework for interactive rendering of huge complex 3D models on commodity graphics platforms

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 878-885

  Gobbetti, Enrico ^a   Marton, Fabio ^a  

^a CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Level of Detail; Out Of Core Algorithms

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY SURFACE MODELS; CUBICAL VOXELS; DATA MANAGEMENT; LEVEL OF DETAIL; OUT-OF-CORE ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 33646069366     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 07300301     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1073204.1073277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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