Abstract
This paper describes a new algorithm that employs image-based rendering for fast occlusion culling in complex urban environments. It exploits graphics hardware to render and automatically combine a relatively large set of occluders. The algorithm is fast to calculate and therefore also useful for scenes of moderate complexity and walkthroughs with over 20 frames per second. Occlusion is calculated dynamically and does not rely on any visibility precalculation or occluder preselection. Speed-ups of one order of magnitude can be obtained.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-60 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Computer Graphics Forum |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Proceedings of the 1999 20th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics, EUROGRAPHICS '99 - Milano, Italy Duration: Sep 7 1999 → Sep 11 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design