Thoroughly revised, this third edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate
synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of …

Visibility algorithms for walkthrough and related applications have grown into a significant
area, spurred by the growth in the complexity of models and the need for highly interactive …

We present a simple but powerful algorithm for optimizing the usage of hardware occlusion
queries in arbitrary complex scenes. Our method minimizes the number of issued queries …

We present a system for rendering very complex 3D models at interactive rates. We select a
subset of the model as preferred viewpoints and partition the space into virtual cells. Each …

Many applications in computer graphics and virtual environments need to render datasets
with large numbers of primitives and high depth complexity at interactive rates. However …

Visualization of very complex scenes can be significantly accelerated using occlusion
culling. In this paper we present a visibility preprocessing method which efficiently computes …

US6684255B1 - Methods and apparatus for transmission and rendering of complex 3D
models over networks using mixed representations - Google Patents US6684255B1 …

Visibility computation was crucial for computer graphics from its very beginning. The first
visibility algorithms in computer graphics aimed to determine visible surfaces in a …

In this paper, occlusion culling techniques that appeared in the last decade are reviewed.
Occlusion culling techniques are responsible for reducing the polygons rendered by the …

PCT patent application number PCT/US2011/051403 further claims the benefit of the earlier
filing date of US Provisional Application 61/384,284 entitled “System and Method of …