A faster technique for rendering meshes in multiple display systems

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1、AFASTERTECHNIQUEFORRENDERINGMESHESINMULTIPLEDISPLAYSYSTEMSByRandallEugeneHandAThesisSubmittedtotheFacultyofMississippiStateUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofScienceInComputerEngineeringIntheDepartmentofComputerEngineeringMi

2、ssissippiState,MississippiMay2002iAFASTERTECHNIQUEFORRENDERINGMESHESINMULTIPLEDISPLAYSYSTEMSByRandallEugeneHandApproved:_____________________________________________________________RobertJ.MoorheadLoriM.BruceProfessorofElectricalandAssistantProfessorofElectr

3、icalandComputerEngineeringComputerEngineering(MajorProfessor)(CommitteeMember)_____________________________________________________________JoergMeyerJamesC.HardenAssistantProfessorofComputerScienceProfessorofComputerEngineering(CommitteeMember)(GraduateCoord

4、inator)_______________________________A.WayneBennetDeanoftheCollegeofEngineeringiiiName:RandallEugeneHandDateofDegree:May11,2002Institution:MississippiStateUniversityMajorField:ComputerEngineeringMajorProfessor:Dr.RobertJ.MoorheadTitleofStudy:AFASTERTECHNIQU

5、EFORRENDERINGMESHESINMULTIPLEDISPLAYSYSTEMSPagesinStudy:132CandidateforDegreeofMasterofScienceLevelofdetailalgorithmshavewidelybeenimplementedinarchitecturalVRwalkthroughsandvideogames,buthavenothadwidespreaduseinVRterrainvisualizationsystems.Thisthesisexpla

6、insasetofoptimizationstoallowmostcurrentlevelofdetailalgorithmsruninthetypesofmultipledisplaysystemsusedinVR.Itimprovesboththevisualqualityofthesystemthroughuseofgraphicshardwareacceleration,andimprovestheframerateandrunningtimethroughmodificationstothecompu

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