Scalable self-orienting surfaces: A compact, texture-enhanced representation for interactive visualization of 3D vector fields

Proceedings - Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 356-365

  Schussman, Greg ^a   Ma, Kwan Liu ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Convergence; Data visualization; Fluid flow; Humans; Physics computing; Streaming media; Surface texture; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MEDIA STREAMING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONCURRENT COMPUTING; CONVERGENCE; HUMANS; STREAMING MEDIA; SURFACE TEXTURES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84882852619     PISSN: 15504085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCCGA.2002.1167879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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