Interactive ray tracing of trimmed bicubic Bézier surfaces without triangulation

13th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2005, WSCG'2005 - In Co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS, Full Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 71-78

  Geimer, Markus ^a   Abert, Oliver ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

B zier surfaces; Interactive ray tracing; Trimming

Indexed keywords

BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES; COMPLEX SCENES; FAST CONVERGENCE; FREE-FORM SURFACE; GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES; INITIAL GUESS; INTERACTIVE FRAME RATES; INTERSECTION ALGORITHMS; INTERSECTION TEST; NEWTON ITERATIONS; ROBUST ALGORITHM; SIMD INSTRUCTIONS; VIDEO RESOLUTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RAY TRACING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TRIMMING; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 56649112476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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