Hard ware-assisted virtual collisions

George Baciu, Wingo Sai Keung Wong, Hanqiu Sun

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Abstract

Most of the virtual reality applications exhibit complex object interference patterns. Whether based on user interactions with physical objects, or on autonomous object dynamics, collision or interference detection is becoming a fundamental process in VR systems. However, the collision detection task is still an extremely time-consuming and complex process. Most collision detection research is focused on object-space techniques that are purely geometrical in nature. This leaves the rendering pipeline vastly unused from one frame to another, while the collision detection process computes the interference test for all the feature pairs on the main processor. In this article, we propose to balance the collision detection process along the rendering task and at the same time make an effective use of the 3D graphics accelerators,
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 1998
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages145-152
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)1581130198, 9781581130195
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1998
Externally publishedYes
EventACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 1998 - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 2 Nov 19985 Nov 1998

Conference

ConferenceACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 1998
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period2/11/985/11/98

Keywords

  • Animation
  • Collision detection
  • Motion
  • Object interference
  • Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software

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