Frontiers In Computer Graphics

Author : T.L. Kunii
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9784431680253

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Frontiers in Computer Graphics by T.L. Kunii Pdf

Computer graphics as a whole is an area making very fast progress and it is not easy for anyone, including experts, to keep abreast of the frontiers of its various basic and application fields. By issuing over 100 thousand calls for papers through various journals and magazines as weil as by inviting reputed specialists, and by selecting high quality papers which present the state of the art in computer graphics out of many papers thus received, this book "Frontiers in Computer Graphics" has been compiled to present the substance of progress in this field. This volume serves also as the final version of the Proceedings of Computer Graphics Tokyo '84, Tokyo, Japan, April 24-27, 1984 which, as a whole, attracted 16 thousand participants from all over the world; about two thousand to the conference and the remaining 14 thousand to the exhibition. This book covers the following eight major frontiers of computer graphics in 29 papers: 1. geometry modelling, 2. graphie languages, 3. visualization techniques, 4. human factors, 5. interactive graphics design, 6. CAD/CAM, 7. graphie displays and peripherals, and 8. graphics standardization. Geometry modelling is most essential in displaying any objects in computer graphics. It determines the basic capabilities of computer graphics systems such as whether the surface and the inside of the object can be displayed and also how efficiently graphical processing can be done in terms of processing time and memory space.

Author : T L Kunii
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1985-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 4431680268

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Frontiers in Computer Graphics by T L Kunii Pdf

Author : John Dill,Rae Earnshaw,David Kasik,John Vince,Pak Chung Wong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447128045

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Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization by John Dill,Rae Earnshaw,David Kasik,John Vince,Pak Chung Wong Pdf

The field of computer graphics combines display hardware, software, and interactive techniques in order to display and interact with data generated by applications. Visualization is concerned with exploring data and information graphically in such a way as to gain information from the data and determine significance. Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization provides a review of the state of the art in computer graphics, visualization, and visual analytics by researchers and developers who are closely involved in pioneering the latest advances in the field. It is a unique presentation of multi-disciplinary aspects in visualization and visual analytics, architecture and displays, augmented reality, the use of color, user interfaces and cognitive aspects, and technology transfer. It provides readers with insights into the latest developments in areas such as new displays and new display processors, new collaboration technologies, the role of visual, multimedia, and multimodal user interfaces, visual analysis at extreme scale, and adaptive visualization.

Author : Tosiyasu L. Kunii
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9784431680369

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Advanced Computer Graphics by Tosiyasu L. Kunii Pdf

Computer Graphics Tokyo, now in its fourth year, has established a world-wide reputation as an international technical conference, presenting work of high quality in the field of computer graphics. Each conference has been attended by a couple of thousand partiCipants from all over the world and tens of thousands have visited the exhibition. After strict peer review, 34 papers were accepted this year, of which about 40% were from the USA, 30% from Japan, 20% from Europe, and 10% from Canada. A good balance of papers on advanced research results, industrial/marketing surveys, and computer art technology has made Computer Graphics Tokyo an indispensable forum for researchers, engineers, and administrators working in this field. Computer graphics is a rapidly developing and expanding area and it is not easy to keep abreast of all the progress that has been made. This volume contains the proceedings of Computer Graphics Tokyo '86 and provides the reader with a comprehensive survey of the state of the art in computer graphics. Computational geometry (Chapter 1) is one of the fastest growing areas in computer graphics. This is well recognized as the basis of shape modeling. After shapes are modeled, they are displayed for visual observation. Chapter 2 on rendering presents various novel methods and technological innovations for visualizing shapes. To make display systems more acces sible to users, rich visual interfaces and languages are being designed, as shown in Chapter 3. Visual data bases for sharing graphics-and image-data are handled in Chapter 4.

Author : Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642834929

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New Trends in Computer Graphics by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann Pdf

New Trends in Computer Graphics contains a selection of research papers submitted to Computer Graphics International '88 (COl '88). COl '88 is the Official Annual Conference of the Computer Graphics Society. Since 1982, this conference ha~ been held in Tokyo. This year, it is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1989, it will be held in Leeds, U. K. , in 1990 in Singapore, in 1991 in U. S. A. and in 1992 in Montreal, Canada. Over 100 papers were submitted to CGI '88 and 61 papers were selected by the International Program Committee. Papers have been grouped into 6 chapters. The flrst chapter is dedicated to Computer Animation because it deals with all topics presented in the other chapters. Several animation systems are described as well as speciflc subjects like 3D character animation, quaternions and splines. The second chapter is dedicated to papers on Image Synthesis, il1 particular new shading models and new algorithms for ray tracing are presented. Chapter 3 presents several algorithms for geometric modeling and new techniques for the creation and manipulation of curves, surfaces and solids and their applications to CAD. In Chapter 4, an important topic is presented: the specification of graphics systems and images using l~nguages and user-interfaces. The last two chapters are devoted to applications in sciences, medicine, engineering, art and business.

Author : Michael Gigante,Tosiyasu L Kunii
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814547321

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Insight Through Computer Graphics - Proceedings Of The Computer Graphics International 1994 (Cg194) by Michael Gigante,Tosiyasu L Kunii Pdf

Computer graphics has been advancing to the level of creating completely new worlds inside computers. Through such computer graphics worlds, we human beings now have far improved insight into wide varieties of real worlds starting from fairly simple but exact worlds of curves and surfaces and reaching to complex human worlds. This volume presents a quite concrete and advanced methods, techniques, modeling and mathematical backgrounds which are indispensable in order to carry out end researches to increase insight through computer graphics.

Author : Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9784431684336

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Computer Animation by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann Pdf

Author : D. P. MUKHERJEE
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9788120314467

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FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA by D. P. MUKHERJEE Pdf

Intended as a textbook for students of computer science and management, this study strives to bring the concept of multimedia and computer graphics into a single volume. The book covers most of the scan conversion algorithms and other necessary ingredients for realistic rendering, such as techniques of image clipping, illumination and shading. It lays down the fundamental principles of computer graphics and provides the methodologies and algorithms, which act as building blocks of advanced animation and rendering techniques. The emphasis is clearly on explaining the techniques and the mathematical basis. The book also gives an introductory level description on graphics and audio and video hardware, which is sufficient for understanding some of the intricacies in these fields. Since graphics are best learnt with the help of computer implementation of the graphics algorithm, the pseudocodes and problems at the ends of chapters will encourage readers to implement some of the interesting applications of graphics.

Author : John Vince
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447175094

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Quaternions for Computer Graphics by John Vince Pdf

If you have ever wondered what quaternions are — then look no further, John Vince will show you how simple and useful they are. This 2nd edition has been completely revised and includes extra detail on the invention of quaternions, a complete review of the text and equations, all figures are in colour, extra worked examples, an expanded index, and a bibliography arranged for each chapter. Quaternions for Computer Graphics includes chapters on number sets and algebra, imaginary and complex numbers, the complex plane, rotation transforms, and a comprehensive description of quaternions in the context of rotation. The book will appeal to students of computer graphics, computer science and mathematics, as well as programmers, researchers, academics and professional practitioners interested in learning about quaternions. John Vince explains in an easy-to-understand language, with the aid of useful figures, how quaternions emerged, gave birth to modern vector analysis, disappeared, and reemerged to be adopted by the flight simulation industry and computer graphics. This book will give you the confidence to use quaternions within your every-day mathematics, and explore more advanced texts.

Author : Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9784431682936

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State-of-the-art in Computer Animation by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann Pdf

Selected topics and papers from the first international workshop on computer animation, held in Geneva in 1989, provide a comprehensive overview of the problems encountered in the rising field of computer animation. To foster interactive links between researchers, end-users, and artists, roundtables and discussions have been included as well as presentations of concepts and research themes such as keyframe to task-level animation, artificial intelligence, natural language and simulation for human animation, choreography, anthropometry for animated human figures, facial animation and expressions, the use of dynamic simulation, motion control and blur, and data-base oriented animation design.

Author : Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9784431682967

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Computer Animation ’90 by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Daniel Thalmann Pdf

Computer Animation '90, the second international workshop on computer animation, was held in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 25-27, 1990. This book contains invited papers and a selection of research papers submitted to this workshop. The contributions address original research as well as results achieved in a number of fields of computer animation including scientific visualization, human animation, behavioral animation, and motion control.

Author : David F. Rogers,Rae Earnshaw
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991-06-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0387975608

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State of the Art in Computer Graphics by David F. Rogers,Rae Earnshaw Pdf

Today one of the hardest parts of computer aided design or analysis is first modeling the design, then recording and verifying it. For example, a typical vehicle such as a tank, automobile, ship or aircraft might be composed of tens of thousands of individual parts. Many of these parts are composed of cylinders, flats, and simple conic curves and surfaces such as are amenable to modeling using a constructive solid geometry (CSG) approach. However, especially with the increasing use of composite materials, many parts are designed using sculp tured surfaces. A marriage of these two techniques in now critical to continued development of computer aided design and analysis. Further, the graphical user interfaces used in most modeling systems are at best barely adequate to the required task. Critical work on these interfaces is required to continue pushing back the frontiers. Similarly, once the design is modeled, how are the varied and diverse pieces stored, retrieved, and modified? How are physical interferences prevented or eliminated? Although considerable progress has been made, there are still more questions and frustrations than answers. One of the fundamental problems of the 1990s is and will continue to be modeling. The second problem is interpretation. With the ever increasing computational power available, our ability to generate data far exceeds our ability to interpret, understand, and utilize that data.

Author : Clifford A. Pickover,Stuart K. Tewksbury
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015009126155

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Frontiers of Scientific Visualization by Clifford A. Pickover,Stuart K. Tewksbury Pdf

The authors explore the fast developing field of scientific visualization and discuss the use of the computer as a tool for simulation, art, and discovery in a variety of fields, particularly to produce visual representations of scientific phenomena. Includes a 16-page color insert.

Author : John Vince
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030113766

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Calculus for Computer Graphics by John Vince Pdf

Students studying different branches of computer graphics have to be familiar with geometry, matrices, vectors, rotation transforms, quaternions, curves and surfaces and as computer graphics software becomes increasingly sophisticated, calculus is also being used to resolve its associated problems. In this 2nd edition, the author extends the scope of the original book to include applications of calculus in the areas of arc-length parameterisation of curves, geometric continuity, tangent and normal vectors, and curvature. The author draws upon his experience in teaching mathematics to undergraduates to make calculus appear no more challenging than any other branch of mathematics. He introduces the subject by examining how functions depend upon their independent variables, and then derives the appropriate mathematical underpinning and definitions. This gives rise to a function’s derivative and its antiderivative, or integral. Using the idea of limits, the reader is introduced to derivatives and integrals of many common functions. Other chapters address higher-order derivatives, partial derivatives, Jacobians, vector-based functions, single, double and triple integrals, with numerous worked examples, and over a hundred and seventy colour illustrations. This book complements the author’s other books on mathematics for computer graphics, and assumes that the reader is familiar with everyday algebra, trigonometry, vectors and determinants. After studying this book, the reader should understand calculus and its application within the world of computer graphics, games and animation.

Author : Rae Earnshaw,Richard Guedj,Andries Van Dam,John Vince
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447102595

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Frontiers of Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities and Virtual Environments by Rae Earnshaw,Richard Guedj,Andries Van Dam,John Vince Pdf

Rae Earnshawand John A. Vince --_. . _----- 1 Introduction The USPresident's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)recently advised the US Senate of the strategic importance of investing in IT for the 21st century, particularlyin the areas of software,human-computer interaction, scalable information infrastructure, high-end computing and socioeconomic issues [1]. Research frontiers ofhuman-computer interaction include the desire that interac tion be more centered around human needs and capabilities, and that the human environment be considered in virtual environments and in other contextual infor mation-processing activities. The overall goal is to make users more effective in their information or communication tasks by reducing learning times, speeding performance, lowering error rates, facilitating retention and increasing subjective satisfaction. Improved designs can dramatically increase effectiveness for users, who range from novices to experts and who have diverse cultures with varying educational backgrounds. Their lives could be made more satisfying, their work safer, their learning easier and their health better.