Visibility sampling on GPU and applications

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-544

  Eisemann, Elmar ^a   Décoret, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Phoenix Interactive   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; VISIBILITY; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

BITWISE ARITHMETICS; GRAPHICS CARD; SOFT SHADOWS; LEVEL DESIGN; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; SOFT SHADOW; VISIBILITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 35349026210     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2007.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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