A Faster Technique for Rendering Meshes in Multiple Display Systems

Author

Randall Eugene Hand

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Meyer, John

Committee Member

Bruce, Lori M.

Committee Member

Moorhead, Robert J.

Date of Degree

5-11-2002

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Computer Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Engineering

Department

Department of Computer Engineering

Abstract

Level of detail algorithms have widely been implemented in architectural VR walkthroughs and video games, but have not had widespread use in VR terrain visualization systems. This thesis explains a set of optimizations to allow most current level of detail algorithms run in the types of multiple display systems used in VR. It improves both the visual quality of the system through use of graphics hardware acceleration, and improves the framerate and running time through modifications to the computations that drive the algorithms. Using ROAM as a testbed, results show improvements between 10% and 100% on varying machines.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18313

Recommended Citation

Hand, Randall Eugene, "A Faster Technique for Rendering Meshes in Multiple Display Systems" (2002). Theses and Dissertations. 124.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/124