STAR 1:
Image-based Representations for Accelerated Rendering of Complex Scenes
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31st, 2005. 11:00 - 12:30.
VENUE: Walton Theatre Beckett Rooms.
SESSION CHAIR: Anselmo Lastra.
| AUTHORS: | |
| Stefan Jeschke | Technical University of Vienna |
| Michael Wimmer | | Werner Purgathofer |
Outline
This STAR gives an overview of image-based representations commonly used for reducing the geometric complex-ity
of a scene description in order to accelerate the rendering process. Several different types of representations
and ways for using them have been presented, which are classified and discussed. The overview includes static
and dynamic techniques for accelerating static scenes or scenes with animations and/or dynamic lighting effects
with illuminating the advantages and drawbacks of the different approaches. Unsolved problems and roads for
further research are shown.
Presenter Biographies
Stefan Jeschke studied computer science at the University of Rostock and
got his diploma degree in 2001. Afterwards he was a research assistant at the
Vienna University of Technology for half a year. Then he got a doctoral scholarship
from the German Science Foundation (``Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft'') at the University of
Rostock. In March 2005 he finished his PhD with the topic ``Accelerating the Rendering
Process Using Impostors''. His research interests include image-based and
point-based computer graphics and real-time rendering.
Michael Wimmer is an assistant professor and the leader of the real-time rendering research group at
the Vienna University of Technology. He received his diploma degree in 1996 and his PhD
in 2001 at the Vienna University of Technology. His research interests include real-time
rendering, visibility computations, shadow mapping, point-based rendering and tone mapping.
He was the organizer of the Central European Seminar on Computer Graphics (CESCG) 2005.
Werner Purgathofer is a professor for computer graphics at the Vienna University of Technology. He
received his PhD in computer science from the Vienna University of Technology in 1984.
Since 1989 he is the head of the Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms,
and since 2000 he is also the president of the VRVis research center in Vienna. His
main research interests include rendering, real-time graphics, and color. Since 1988
he is in the executive committee of Eurographics, and he organized several conferences,
for example Eurographics'91 and Eurographics'06 in Vienna.
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