1,419 research outputs found
Fast Reliable Ray-tracing of Procedurally Defined Implicit Surfaces Using Revised Affine Arithmetic
No full textFast and reliable rendering of implicit surfaces is an important area in the field of implicit modelling. Direct rendering, namely ray-tracing, is shown to be a suitable technique for obtaining good-quality visualisations of implicit surfaces. We present a technique for reliable ray-tracing of arbitrary procedurally defined implicit surfaces by using a modification of Affine Arithmetic called Revised Affine Arithmetic. A wide range of procedurally defined implicit objects can be rendered using this technique including polynomial surfaces, constructive solids, pseudo-random objects, procedurally defined microstructures, and others. We compare our technique with other reliable techniques based on Interval and Affine Arithmetic to show that our technique provides the fastest, while still reliable, ray-surface intersections and ray-tracing. We also suggest possible modifications for the GPU implementation of this technique for real-time rendering of relatively simple implicit models and for near real-time for complex implicit models
JolliBIDA Ka Sa Pasko
No full textChristmas is given much important in Philippines due to the fact that is a predominantly Christian country. Christmas has come to be known as a time for the family, most especially children, and also as a time of giving, a season of giving, spreading Christ-like acts especially to the less fortunate as a way of venerating Christ in his time of the year. It is through this season of giving that Jollibee has come up with a way to celebrate Christmas, to celebrate Christ, by means of a toy and book donation drive, JolliBIDA Ka Sa Pasko.
The campaign aims to collect books and toys from key cities all over the country. Based on surveys conducted, the campaign will have a primary target market that consists of mothers aged 29-39 and a secondary target market that consists of children aged 5-12 years old. JoliBIDA Ka Sa Pasko contains 2 parts, an in store tree decorating event and the JolliBEE-BEEP-BEEP. The first part of the campaign will happen in all Jollibee outlets nationwide. Each outlet will contain a Jolli-tree which will be decorated by anyone who wishes to participate in the event
An Exact Representation of Polygonal Objects by C1-continuous Scalar Fields Based on Binary Space Partitioning
No full textThe problem considered in this work is to find a dimension independent algorithm for the generation of signed scalar fields exactly representing polygonal objects and satisfying the following requirements: the defining real function takes zero value exactly at the polygonal object boundary; no extra zero-value isosurfaces should be generated; C1 continuity of the function in the entire domain. The proposed algorithms are based on the binary space partitioning (BSP) of the object by the planes passing through the polygonal faces and are independent of the object genus, the number of disjoint components, and holes in the initial polygonal mesh. Several extensions to the basic algorithm are proposed to satisfy the selected optimization criteria. The generated BSP-fields allow for applying techniques of function-based modelling to already existing legacy objects from CAD and computer animation areas, which is illustrated by several examples
Digitally interpreting traditional folk crafts
No full textThe cultural heritage preservation requires that objects persist throughout time to continue to communicate an intended meaning. The necessity of computer-based preservation and interpretation of traditional folk crafts is validated by the decreasing number of masters, fading technologies, and crafts losing economic ground. We present a long-term applied research project on the development of a mathematical basis, software tools, and technology for application of desktop or personal fabrication using compact, cheap, and environmentally friendly fabrication devices, including '3D printers', in traditional crafts. We illustrate the properties of this new modeling and fabrication system using several case studies involving the digital capture of traditional objects and craft patterns, which we also reuse in modern designs. The test application areas for the development are traditional crafts from different cultural backgrounds, namely Japanese lacquer ware and Norwegian carvings. Our project includes modeling existing artifacts, Web presentations of the models, automation of the models fabrication, and the experimental manufacturing of new designs and forms
Electron acceleration above thunderclouds
No full textThe acceleration of electrons results in observable electromagnetic waves which can be used for remote sensing. Here, we make use of ~4 Hz–66 MHz radio waves emitted by two consecutive intense positive lightning discharges to investigate their impact on the atmosphere above a thundercloud. It is found that the first positive lightning discharge initiates a sprite where electrons are accelerated during the exponential growth and branching of the sprite streamers. This preconditioned plasma above the thundercloud is subsequently exposed to a second positive lightning discharge associated with a bouncing-wave discharge. This discharge process causes a re-brightening of the existing sprite streamers above the thundercloud and initiates a subsequent relativistic electron beam
Interactive ray shading of FRep objects
No full textIn this paper we present a method for interactive rendering general procedurally defined functionally represented (FRep) objects using the acceleration with graphics hardware, namely Graphics Processing Units (GPU). We obtain interactive rates by using GPU acceleration for all computations in rendering algorithm, such as ray-surface intersection, function evaluation and normal computations. We compute primary rays as well as secondary rays for shadows, reflection and refraction for obtaining high quality of the output visualization and further extension to ray-tracing of FRep objects. The algorithm is well-suited for modern GPUs and provides acceptable interactive rates with good quality of the results. A wide range of objects can be rendered including traditional skeletal implicit surfaces, constructive solids, and purely procedural objects such as 3D fractals
Feature based volumes for implicit intersections.
No full textThe automatic generation of volumes bounding the intersection of two implicit surfaces (isosurfaces of real functions of 3D point coordinates) or feature based volumes (FBV) is presented. Such FBVs are defined by constructive operations, function normalization and offsetting. By applying various offset operations to the intersection of two surfaces, we can obtain variations in the shape of an FBV. The resulting volume can be used as a boundary for blending operations applied to two corresponding volumes, and also for visualization of feature curves and modeling of surface based structures including microstructures
Folhetim
No full textO Folhetim recebeu a jornalista e escritora Priscila Pasko, do blog Veredas. Ela veio ao programa falar da relação dela com a literatura e de como o seu aprofundamento nas questões relativas a literatura produzida por mulheres contribuiu para que ela viesse publicar, pela primeira vez, um conto no livro
'Novas contistas da literatura brasileira' da Editora Zouk. Ela também comenta sobre a pesquisa que ela conduz tentando entender os livros de mulheres difundidos nas escolas.Literatur
A web oriented function-based volume modeling framework
No full textThe paper presents a web-oriented function-based modeling framework utilizing a high-level volume modeling
language for defining 3D point sets and their volumetric attributes. We illustrate how function-based modeling allows
for advanced control and manipulation of 3D models and associated attributes while at the same time allowing for
simplified interfaces and parametrization that is difficult or impossible to achieve in other systems. This and other
properties of function-based modeling allows for the creation of modeling interfaces suitable for the casual and novice
user on the web
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