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Bridging between surface rendering and volume rendering for multi-resolution display

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This paper presents an approach to generating and rendering texels (3D volume textures) faithful to the geometry of a collection of surfaces, and thus to bridging an existing gap between surface rendering and volume/texel rendering. This approach enables us to render the identical collection of surfaces both in the fax distance and close at hand. Experiments on clouds of spheres and trees/forests are reported.

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  1. Department of Artificial Intelligence, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820, Japan

    T. Noma

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  1. Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Patrick M. Hanrahan

  2. Institut für Computergraphik, Technische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich

    Werner Purgathofer

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Noma, T. (1995). Bridging between surface rendering and volume rendering for multi-resolution display. In: Hanrahan, P.M., Purgathofer, W. (eds) Rendering Techniques ’95. EGSR 1995. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9430-0_4

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