Sound propagation in 3D spaces using computer graphics techniques

Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 43-49

  Charalampous, Panagiotis ^a   Michael, Despina ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; RAY TRACING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; ACCELERATION TECHNIQUE; COMPUTATION TECHNIQUES; GRAPHICS RENDERING; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; SOUND PROPAGATION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84939607912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VSMM.2014.7136674     Document Type: Conference Paper

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