Although an important component of natural scenes, the representation of skyscapes is often relatively simplistic. This can be largely attributed to the complexity of the thermodynamics underpinning cloud evolution and ...

We propose a method to automatically match two shape collections with a similar shape space structure, e.g. two characters in similar poses, and compute the inter-maps between the collections. Given the intra-maps in each ...

We present a highly efficient algorithm for computing the minimum distance between two solids of revolution, each of which is defined by a planar cross-section region and a rotation axis. The boundary profile curve for the ...

We present a simple, efficient and low-memory technique, targeting fast construction of bounding volume hierarchies (BVH) for broad-phase collision detection. To achieve this, we devise a novel representation of BVH trees ...

Automatic synthesis of realistic gestures promises to transform the fields of animation, avatars and communicative agents. In off-line applications, novel tools can alter the role of an animator to that of a director, who ...

This paper presents a novel compressed sensing (CS) algorithm and camera design for light field video capture using a single sensor consumer camera module. Unlike microlens light field cameras which sacrifice spatial ...

In this paper we use a simplified model of the human visual system to explain why humans tend do prefer ''sharpened'' digital images. From this model we then derive a family of image prefilters specifically adapted to ...

We propose a method for the automatic segmentation of 3D objects into parts which can be individually 3D printed and then reassembled by preserving the visual quality of the final object. Our technique focuses on minimizing ...

Stochastic structural analysis can assess whether a fabricated object will break under real-world conditions. While this approach is powerful, it is also quite slow, which has previously limited its use to coarse resolutions ...

Layered materials capture subtle, realistic reflection behaviors that traditional single-layer models lack. Much of this is due to the complex subsurface light transport at the interfaces of - and in the media between - ...