“k-DOPs as Tighter Bounding Volumes for Better Occlusion Performance” by Bartz, Staneker and Klosowski

  • ©Dirk Bartz, Dirk Staneker, and James T. Klosowski

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    k-DOPs as Tighter Bounding Volumes for Better Occlusion Performance

Session/Category Title:   Rendering Optimization


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    Using discrete orientation polytopes (k-dops) as bounding volumes for occlusion culling. They represent a much tighter shape approximation than widely used axis-aligned bounding boxes.

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