This report provides a short survey of the field of virtual reality, highlighting application
domains, technological requirements, and currently available solutions. The report is …

Thoroughly revised, this third edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate
synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of …

Level of detail (LOD) techniques are increasingly used by professional real-time developers
to strike the balance between breathtaking virtual worlds and smooth, flowing animation …

We present a new, real-time method for rendering diffuse and glossy objects in low-
frequency lighting environments that captures soft shadows, interreflections, and caustics …

Image-space simplifications have been used to accelerate the calculation of computer
graphic images since the dawn of visual simulation. Texture mapping has been used to …

We present a simple, effective, and efficient technique for approximating arbitrary polyhedra.
It is based on triangulation and vertex-clustering, and produces a series of 3D …

Despite widespread interest in virtual reality, research and development efforts in synthetic
environments (SE)--the field encompassing virtual environments, teleoperation, and hybrids …

The goal of image synthesis is to create, using the computer, a visual experience that is
identical to what a viewer would experience when viewing a real environment. Radiosity …

An ideal visibility algorithm should a) quickly reject most of the hidden geometry in a model
and b) exploit the spatial and perhaps temporal coherence of the images being generated …

Virtual environment displays arose from vehicle simulation and teleoperations technology of
the 1960s. They are interactive, head-referenced computer displays that give users the …