“Object-space point blending and splatting” by Pajarola, Sainz and Guidotti
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- Object-space point blending and splatting
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We present a novel point-based rendering approach based on object-space point interpolation. We introduce the concept of a transformation-invariant covariance matrix of a set of points to efficiently determine splat sizes in a multiresolution hierarchy. We analyze continuous point interpolation in object-space, and define a new class of parametrized blending kernels to achieve smooth blending. Furthermore, we present a hardware accelerated rendering algorithm based on α-texture mapping and α-blending.
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4. S. Rusinkiewicz and M. Levoy. Qsplat: A multiresolution point rendering system for large meshes. In Proceedings SIGGRAPH 2000, pages 343–352. ACM SIGGRAPH, 2000.
5. M. Zwicker, H. Pfister, J. van Baar, and M. Gross. Surface splatting. In Proceedings SIGGRAPH 2001, pages 371–378. ACM SIGGRAPH, 2001.
