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GRAPHITE
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Scalable photon splatting for global illumination
In this paper, we present a new image based method for computing efficiently global illumination using graphics hardware. We propose a two pass method to compute global lighting ...
Fabien Lavignotte, Mathias Paulin
VISUALIZATION
2003
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Fast Volume Segmentation With Simultaneous Visualization Using Programmable Graphics Hardware
Segmentation of structures from measured volume data, such as anatomy in medical imaging, is a challenging data-dependent task. In this paper, we present a segmentation method tha...
Anthony Sherbondy, Michael Houston, Sandy Napel
PG
2003
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Interactive Global Illumination in Dynamic Environments Using Commodity Graphics Hardware
We present a system based on commodity graphics hardware for computing global illumination in dynamic scenes at interactive rates. We designed a progressive global illumination al...
Mangesh Nijasure, Sumanta N. Pattanaik, Vineet Goe...
RT
2004
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
A Self-Shadow Algorithm for Dynamic Hair using Density Clustering
Self-shadowing is an important factor in the appearance of hair and fur. In this paper we present a new rendering algorithm to accurately compute shadowed hair at interactive rate...
Tom Mertens, Jan Kautz, Philippe Bekaert, Frank Va...
RT
2004
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Rendering Procedural Terrain by Geometry Image Warping
We describe an approach for rendering large terrains in real-time. A digital elevation map defines the rough shape of the terrain. During rendering, procedural geometric and text...
Carsten Dachsbacher, Marc Stamminger
EGH
2004
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Mio: fast multipass partitioning via priority-based instruction scheduling
Real-time graphics hardware continues to offer improved resources for programmable vertex and fragment shaders. However, shader programmers continue to write shaders that require ...
Andrew Riffel, Aaron E. Lefohn, Kiril Vidimce, Mar...
ICCS
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
A Comparative Study of Acceleration Techniques for Geometric Visualization
Abstract. Nowadays computer graphics hardware presents a series of characteristics, such as AGP memory, vertex cache, etc., that can be used for real-time rendering. The aim of thi...
Pascual Castelló, J. Francisco Ramos, Migue...
EGH
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
KD-tree acceleration structures for a GPU raytracer
Modern graphics hardware architectures excel at compute-intensive tasks such as ray-triangle intersection, making them attractive target platforms for raytracing. To date, most GP...
Tim Foley, Jeremy Sugerman
SI3D
2005
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
ZP+: correct Z-pass stencil shadows
We present a novel algorithm for the rendering of hard shadows cast by a point light source. The well-known Z-pass method for rasterizing shadow volumes is not always correct. Our...
Samuel Hornus, Jared Hoberock, Sylvain Lefebvre, J...
VISUALIZATION
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
General Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware
The rapid increase in the performance of graphics hardware, coupled with recent improvements in its programmability, have made graphics hardware a compelling platform for computat...
Aaron E. Lefohn, Ian Buck, Patrick S. McCormick, J...