Point-Based Graphics (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123706041 ISBN 13: 9780123706041

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2007

Synopsis

Presents the research results in point-based computer graphics. This book discusses the 3D scanning devices. It describes methods for high-performance and high-quality rendering of point models, including shading, anti-aliasing, and transparency. It also presents data structures for hierarchical rendering on modern graphics processors (GPUs).

About this title

Review:

The first book on a powerful advance in computer graphics

About the Author:

Markus Gross is a professor of computer science and director of the Computer Graphics Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. He received a master of science in electrical and computer engineering and a PhD in computer graphics and image analysis, both from the University of Saarbrucken, Germany. From 1990 to 1994, Dr. Gross worked for the Computer Graphics Center in Darmstadt, where he established and directed the Visual Computing Group. His research interests include point-based graphics, physics-based modeling, multiresolution analysis, and virtual reality. He has been widely publishing and lecturing on computer graphics and scientific visualization, and he authored the book Visual Computing (Springer, 1994). Dr. Gross has taught courses at major graphics conferences including ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE Visualization, and Eurographics. He is the associate editor of the IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications and has served as a member of international program committees of many graphics conferences. Dr. Gross has been a papers co-chair of IEEE Visualization '99, Eurographics 2000, and IEEE Visualization 2002. He is chair of the papers committee of ACM SIGGRAPH 2005. Dr. Gross is a senior member of IEEE, a member of the IEEE Computer Society, a member of ACM and ACM Siggraph, and a member of the Eurographics Association. Dr. Gross is on the advisory boards of various international research institutes and governmental agencies. Dr Gross is a cofounder of Cyfex AG and Novodex AG.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0123706041
• ISBN 13: 9780123706041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 552
• Editor: Gross Markus, Pfister Hanspeter