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Item Magicsphere: an insight tool for 3D data visualization(Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1994) Cignoni, P.; Montani, C.; Scopigno, R.How to render very complex datasets, and yet maintain interactive response times, is a hot topic in computer graphics. The MagicSphere idea originated as a solution to this problem, but its potential goes much further than this original scope. In fact, it has been designed as a very generical 3D widget: it defines a spherical volume of interest in the dataset modeling space. Then, several filters can be associated with the Magicsphere, which apply different visualization modalities to the data contained in the volume of interest. The visualization of multi-resolution datasets is selected here as a case study and an ad hoc filter has been designed, the MultiRes filter. Some results of a prototipal implementation are presented and discussed.Item A Parallel HW/SW Environment for Image Synthesis(Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1989) Paoluzzi, A.; Rosina, M.; Scopigno, R.AbstractIn designing graphical workstations for high-level performance presentations of graphical models, the main goal nowadays is to perform some effective real-time traversal and rendering of data. In this paper we present a reference model of parallel processing for graphics, taking into account the main aspects of colour rendering of solid hierarchical shapes- i.e., traversal of structures, hidden surfaces removal, shadow identification and light models. In particular, a parallel design of the main graphical algorithms is presented. Three abstract machines are proposed, designed respectively for data structure traversing, for depth ordering and shadows computation and finally for shape merging and screen processing. Such abstract machines, internally parallel, may be combined in various ways to define different physical architectures.CR Categories and Subject Descriptors: C.1.2 [Multiple Data Stream Architectures] MIMD Processors, Parallel Processors- 1.3.2 [Computer Graphics] Graphics Systems- 1.3.3 [Computer Graphics] Picture Generation -Display Algorithms, Viewing Algorithms- 1.3.7 [Computer Graphics] Three Dimensional Graphics and Realism - Colour, Shading, Shadowing, Visible Line/Surface I Algorithms.Item The Design and Specification of a Visual Language: An Example for Customising Geographic Information Systems Functionalities(Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1994) Paterna , F.; Campari, I.; Scopigno, R.In this paper the design of a visual program editor and its specification using formal grammars are discussed. We consider an environment to specify, analyse and execute visual programs for a Geographical Information System (GIS). The lack of sophisticated user interfaces is one of the major drawbacks to Geographical Information Systems, particularly for people without a sound background in computer science. The use of a visual language approach is useful in order to hide the plethora of basic GIS functions, while providing ready- to-use tools to solve users tasks. The visual environment provides users with higher level interfaces- it is based on the module concept, which is conceived as a software building block that implements a solution to a general basic task and is presented to the user through an interactive frame. Complex GIS queries can be carried out by interconnecting modules into flow networks, using a direct manipulation approach.Item Parallel 3D Delaunay Triangulation(Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association, 1993) Cignoni, P.; Montani, C.; Perego, R.; Scopigno, R.