Volume 27 (2008): Recent submissions

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    • Render2MPEG: A Perception-based Framework Towards Integrating Rendering and Video Compression 

      Herzog, Robert; Kinuwaki, Shinichi; Myszkowski, Karol; Seidel, Hans-Peter (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Currently 3D animation rendering and video compression are completely independent processes even if rendered frames are streamed on-the-fly within a client-server platform. In such scenario, which may involve time-varying ...

    • High-Resolution Volumetric Computation of Offset Surfaces with Feature Preservation 

      Pavic, Darko; Kobbelt, Leif (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      We present a new algorithm for the efficient and reliable generation of offset surfaces for polygonal meshes. The algorithm is robust with respect to degenerate configurations and computes (self-)intersection free offsets ...

    • Surface Reconstruction From Non-parallel Curve Networks 

      Liu, L.; Bajaj, C.; Deasy, J. O.; Low, D. A.; Ju, T. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Building surfaces from cross-section curves has wide applications including bio-medical modeling. Previous work in this area has mostly focused on connecting simple closed curves on parallel cross-sections. Here we consider ...

    • Reduced Depth and Visual Hulls of Complex 3D Scenes 

      Bogomjakov, Alexander; Gotsman, Craig (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Depth and visual hulls are useful for quick reconstruction and rendering of a 3D object based on a number of reference views. However, for many scenes, especially multi-object, these hulls may contain significant artifacts ...

    • Frontmatter 

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    • Table of Contents and Cover 

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    • Book Review 

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    • Cultural Heritage As a Vehicle for Basic Research in Computing Science: Pasteur s Quadrant and a Use-Inspired Basic Research Agenda 

      Arnold, David (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Donald Stokes argued [Sto97] that for 50 years from the end of the Second World War to the end of the 20th century, there was an unhealthy taxonomy of research types which was formulated on a linear scale from pure to ...

    • 2008 Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization 

      Weiskopf, Daniel (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)

    • The Visual Computing of Projector-Camera Systems 

      Bimber, Oliver; Iwai, Daisuke; Wetzstein, Gordon; Grundhoefer, Anselm (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      This article focuses on real-time image correction techniques that enable projector-camera systems to display images onto screens that are not optimized for projections, such as geometrically complex, coloured and textured ...

    • Camera Control in Computer Graphics 

      Christie, Marc; Olivier, Patrick; Normand, Jean-Marie (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Recent progress in modelling, animation and rendering means that rich, high fidelity virtual worlds are found in many interactive graphics applications. However, the viewer s experience of a 3D world is dependent on the ...

    • Tangible Heritage: Production of Astrolabes on a Laser Engraver 

      Zotti, G. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      The astrolabe, an analog computing device, used to be the iconic instrument of astronomers during the Middle Ages. It allowed a multitude of operations of practical astronomy which were otherwise cumbersome to perform in ...

    • Mapping Highly Detailed Colour Information on Extremely Dense 3D Models: The Case of David s Restoration 

      Dellepiane, M.; Callieri, M.; Ponchio, F.; Scopigno, R. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      The support of advanced information technology (IT) to preservation, restoration and documentation of Cultural Heritage (CH) is becoming a very important goal for the research community. Michelangelo s David was one of the ...

    • Real-Time Indirect Illumination and Soft Shadows in Dynamic Scenes Using Spherical Lights 

      Guerrero, P.; Jeschke, S.; Wimmer, M. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      We present a method for rendering approximate soft shadows and diffuse indirect illumination in dynamic scenes. The proposed method approximates the original scene geometry with a set of tightly fitting spheres. In previous ...

    • Expressive Speech Animation Synthesis with Phoneme-Level Controls 

      Deng, Z.; Neumann, U. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      This paper presents a novel data-driven expressive speech animation synthesis system with phoneme-level controls. This system is based on a pre-recorded facial motion capture database, where an actress was directed to ...

    • Diffusion Based Photon Mapping 

      Schjoeth, L.; Sporring, J.; Fogh Olsen, O. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Density estimation employed in multi-pass global illumination algorithms give cause to a trade-off problem between bias and noise. The problem is seen most evident as blurring of strong illumination features. In particular, ...

    • Peek-in-the-Pic: Flying Through Architectural Scenes From a Single Image* 

      Shesh, Amit; Chen, Baoquan (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Many casually taken tourist photographs comprise of architectural objects like houses, buildings, etc. Reconstructing such 3D scenes captured in a single photograph is a very challenging problem. We propose a novel ...

    • Adaptive Surface Texture Synthesis Using Round-Shaped Neighbourhoods 

      Chen, D.; Dong, F. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      This paper presents a novel surface texture synthesis method, which is capable of producing high-quality results by performing the synthesis within an effective multi-resolution scheme using an adaptive texture similarity ...

    • Geometry Textures and Applications 

      De Toledo, Rodrigo; Wang, Bin; Levy, Bruno (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Geometry textures are a novel geometric representation for surfaces based on height maps. The visualization is done through a graphics processing unit (GPU) ray casting algorithm applied to the whole object. At rendering ...

    • GPU-Based Spherical Light Field Rendering with Per-Fragment Depth Correction 

      Todt, S.; Rezk-Salama, C.; Kolb, A.; Kuhnert, K.-D. (The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)
      Image-based rendering techniques are a powerful alternative to traditional polygon-based computer graphics. This paper presents a novel light field rendering technique which performs per-pixel depth correction of rays for ...