Real-Time Rendering Techniques with Hardware Tessellation

Niessner M, Fisher M, Loop C, Stamminger M, Schäfer H, Keinert B (2015)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Computer Graphics Forum Wiley-Blackwell

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

DOI: 10.1111/cgf.12714

Abstract

Graphics hardware has progressively been optimized to render more triangles with increasingly flexible shading. For highly detailed geometry, interactive applications restricted themselves to performing transforms on fixed geometry, since they could not incur the cost required to generate and transfer smooth or displaced geometry to the GPU at render time. As a result of recent advances in graphics hardware, in particular the GPU tessellation unit, complex geometry can now be generated on the fly within the GPU's rendering pipeline. This has enabled the generation and displacement of smooth parametric surfaces in real-time applications. However, many well-established approaches in offline rendering are not directly transferable due to the limited tessellation patterns or the parallel execution model of the tessellation stage. In this survey, we provide an overview of recent work and challenges in this topic by summarizing, discussing, and comparing methods for the rendering of smooth and highly detailed surfaces in real time.

Authors with CRIS profile

Marc Stamminger Chair of Visual Computing (LGDV) Henry Schäfer Chair of Visual Computing (LGDV) Benjamin Keinert Chair of Visual Computing (LGDV)

Involved external institutions

Microsoft Corporation US United States (USA) (US) Stanford University US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Niessner, M., Fisher, M., Loop, C., Stamminger, M., Schäfer, H., & Keinert, B. (2015). Real-Time Rendering Techniques with Hardware Tessellation. Computer Graphics Forum. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12714

MLA:

Niessner, Matthias, et al. "Real-Time Rendering Techniques with Hardware Tessellation." Computer Graphics Forum (2015).

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