MULTI-RESOLUTION MODELING FOR VIRTUAL DESIGN
Résumé
The benefits of multi-resolution modeling techniques in virtual reality are vast, but one
essential component of this model is how it can be used to speedup the process of virtual design
and virtual prototyping. In this paper we propose a new multi-resolution representation scheme
called MRM, which can support efficient extraction of both fixed and variable resolution
modeling data for handling multiple objects in the same scene. One important feature of the
MRM scheme is that it supports unified selective simplifications and selective refinements over
the mesh representation of the object. In addition, multi-resolution models may be used to
support real-time geometric transmission of data in collaborative virtual design and prototyping
applications. These key features in MRM, may be applied to a variety of VR applications.