Parallel View-Dependent Out-of-Core Progressive Meshes
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2010
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
The complexity of polygonal models is growing faster than the ability of graphics hardware to render them in real-time. If a scene contains many models and textures, it is often also not possible to store the entire geometry in the graphics memory. A common way to deal with such models is to use multiple levels of detail (LODs), which represent a model at different complexity levels. With view-dependent progressive meshes it is possible to render complex models in real time, but the whole progressive model must fit into graphics memory. To solve this problem out-of-core algorithms have to be used to load mesh data from external data devices. Hierarchical level of detail (HLOD) algorithms are a common solution for this problem, but they have numerous disadvantages. In this paper, we combine the advantages of view-dependent progressive meshes and HLODs by proposing a new algorithm for real-time view-dependent rendering of huge models. Using a spatial hierarchy we extend parallel view-dependent progressive meshes to support out-of-core rendering. In addition we present a compact data structure for progressive meshes, optimized for parallel GPU-processing and out-of-core memory management.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:PE/VMV/VMV10/025-032,
booktitle = {Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (2010)},
editor = {Reinhard Koch and Andreas Kolb and Christof Rezk-Salama},
title = {{Parallel View-Dependent Out-of-Core Progressive Meshes}},
author = {Derzapf, Evgenij and Menzel, Nicolas and Guthe, Michael},
year = {2010},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-905673-79-1},
DOI = {10.2312/PE/VMV/VMV10/025-032}
}