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    • Fast Generation and Surface Structuring Methods for Terrain and Other Natural Phenomena 

      Koh, Eng-Kiat; Hearn, D. D. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      Fractal geometry has proven to be a powerful tool for modeling natural phenomena. Using discrete approximations to fractional Brownian motion over a finite grid plane, computer graphics terrain-rendering algorithms are ...

    • Fractals and Solid Modeling 

      Groller, Eduard (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      Trying to combine fractal geometry and solid modeling seems to be a contradiction in itself, In this paper a new type of 3D objects is presented that accomplishes this combination in a specific way. Objects with a fractal ...

    • A Functional Approach to the Visual Simulation of Gaseous Turbulence 

      Sakas, Georgios; Westermann, Rudiger (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      This paper presents a functional method for the visual simulation of 2-D or 3-D turbulent gaseous motion by using time-varying fractals. The used function incorporates results from the"spectral theory of turbulence", thereby ...

    • The Graphical Translation of English Text into Signed English in the Hand Sign Translator System 

      Holden, E.J.; Roy, G.G. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      Signed English is a manual interpretation of English using fingerspelling and signs. A prototype of the Hand Sign Translator (HST) system was developed to graphically translate English into Signed English, using two-handed ...

    • HAGI, a High-level Application/Graphics Interface 

      Hsu, Y. H.; Kuo, Y. S. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      HAGI is an object-oriented graphics system developed on top of the X window system. In addition to providing facilities that structured graphics systems such as GKS usually have, HAGI supports a high- level graphics paradigm ...

    • The Input Model of Standard Graphics Systems Revisited by Formal Specification 

      Faconti, Giorgio P.; Zani, Nicola; Paterno , Fabio (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      This paper describes the specification of an input model for graphics systems. The initial aim of the work reported in this paper was to revise the input model adopted by graphics standards by means of formal specification ...

    • Interactive Shape Control of Interpolating B-splines 

      Krokos, M. A.; Slater, M. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      This paper presents a new methodfor providing interactive shape control of interpolating B-splines. The CAD designer can directly interact with geometric entities defined on the B-spline at any interpolated data point- ...

    • A line clipping algorithm and its analysis 

      Krammer, Gergely (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      One of the classical problems of Computer Graphics: line clipping against a rectangle is revisited. Coordinate raster refinement and some unusual forms of the parametric equation of the line are used to develop formulae ...

    • Modeling with Time and Events in Computer Animation 

      Kalra, Devendra; Barr, Alan H. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      In this paper, we present a general, systematic and consistent treatment of time and events for computer animation. We first formalize the concepts of events and create a time primitive called an event unit. We then present ...

    • Modelling the Texture of Paint 

      Cockshott, Tunde; Patterson, John; England, David (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)

    • Normal orientation methods for 3D offset curves, sweep surfaces and skinning 

      Siltanen, Pekka; Woodward, Charles (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      Computing an offset curve to a 3D curve involves the basic problem of normal orientation in space. The same thing is encountered when interpolating surfaces with 3D sweep or skinning methods. Different methods for normal ...

    • An Object-Oriented View of the User Interface 

      Zhou, Tom Z.-Y.; Kubitz, William J. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      The object-oriented view of the user interface presented here is a model of object responsibilities-sharing and cooperation for a typical user interface. The model regards the user interface as a three-layer architecture, ...

    • An Open Model for Hypermedia and Its Application to Geographical Information Systems 

      Hall, W.; Simmons, D. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      This paper describes the design and implementation of a multimedia information management environment that is based on an open model for hypermedia. The model, known as Microcosm, is currently implemented in Microsoft ...

    • Pandora: An Experiment in Distributed Multimedia 

      King, Tony (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      An experimental workstation is described which supports digital video and audio in a distributed environment, and which presents this functionality to the user through the medium of a video-extended implementation of the ...

    • The Parametric Differential Method: An Alternative to the Calculation of Form Factors 

      Baranoski, Gladimir V. Guimaraes (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      The parametric differential method calculates the form factors without using approximations by polygons. Because of this it contributes to the improvement of the realism of the images synthesised through the radiosity ...

    • Radiosity in Flatland 

      Heckhert, Paul S. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      The radiosity method for the simulation of interreflection of light between diffuse surfaces is such a common image synthesis technique that its derivation is worthy of study. We here examine the radiosity method in a two ...

    • Realistic Generation and Real Time Animation of Images of the Human Colon 

      Haritsis, Angelo; Gillies, Duncan; Williams, Christopher (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      A simulator has been built to teach doctors the skill of handling a flexible endoscope for gastrointestinal investigations. Trainees use a dummy endoscope in which the control actions are transduced into voltages and sensed ...

    • Reference, Synthesis and Constraint Satisfaction* 

      Pineda, Luis A. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      In this paper we discuss two kinds of constraint satisfaction problems that arise in the context of geometric modelling, In particular in the modification of 2-D wire-frame diagrams that are subject to an arbitrary number ...

    • Rendering NURB Regions For 2D Animation 

      Willis, Philip; Oddy, Robert (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)
      We describe an accurate method of rendering by scan-conversion of closed regions bounded by NURBs, with particular comments on its application to computer-based 2D animation. It is shown that the method is fast, analytically ...

    • A Run-Length Slice Line Drawing Algorithm without Division Operations 

      Fung, Khun Yee; Nicholl, Tina M.; Dewdney, A. K. (Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1992)