Non-photorealistic virtual environments

A. W. Klein, W. Li, M. M. Kazhdan, W. T. Corrêa, A. Finkelstein, T. A. Funkhouser

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Abstract

We describe a system for non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) of virtual environments. In real time, it synthesizes imagery of architectural interiors using stroke-based textures. We address the four main challenges of such a system-interactivity, visual detail, controlled stroke size, and frame-to-frame coherence - through image based rendering (IBR) methods. In a preprocessing stage, we capture photos of a real or synthetic environment, map the photos to a coarse model of the environment, and run a series of NPR filters to generate textures. At runtime, the system re-renders the NPR textures over the geometry of the coarse model, and it adds dark lines that emphasize creases and silhouettes. We provide a method for constructing non-photorealistic textures from photographs that largely avoids seams in the resulting imagery. We also offer a new construction, art-maps, to control stroke size across the images. Finally, we show a working system that provides an immersive experience rendered in a variety of NPR styles.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages527-534
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
EventSIGGRAPH 2000 - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: Jul 23 2000Jul 28 2000

Other

OtherSIGGRAPH 2000
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period7/23/007/28/00

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Computer Science

Keywords

  • Image-based rendering
  • Interactive virtual environments
  • Non-photorealistic rendering
  • Texture mapping

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