“Heuristic Backface Culling of Animated Subdivision Surfaces” by Akenine-Moller and Séquin
Conference:
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Interest Area:
- Application
Title:
- Heuristic Backface Culling of Animated Subdivision Surfaces
Session/Category Title: Rendering Techniques
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Abstract:
This simple heuristic backface culling technique for animated subdivision surfaces attempts to avoid computing backfacing polygons for each subdivision step, which saves memory and execution time.
References:
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