View-Dependent Adaptive LOD Subdivision Surfaces

Chris Prince and David Ely

Final project for:

CSE 557 -- University of Washington -- June 1999

FILES

The program:

cprince-ely-program.zip (52 kB) - also includes sample subdivision objects

The movie (please see below for instructions):

cprince-ely-movie.mpg (11.7 MB) - Main movie
cprince-ely-music.mp3 (2.9 MB) - Audio file -- optional, but highly recommended

DESCRIPTION

Our movie (plus audio clip) shows our adaptive subdivision-surface renderer in action.

Includes sequences that:

compare the quality of the standard (non-adaptive) scheme to our scheme
show what happens when only certain features (e.g. sharp silhouettes) are enabled
show different views so you can see what's happening on the back and side of the object when adaptive subdivision is being used
and much more! :)

We've also included an audio file that's nicely synchronized with the movie. Be sure to check it out! (See below for instructions.)

INSTRUCTIONS

Open up (but don't start) the movie file and the audio file in the players of your choice. Then start both of them playing at the same time.

(This "manual synchronization" is an unfortunate result of the fact that combining the video and audio into a single file causes playback problems on many machines, due to the poor tools we had available. ;-).

Enjoy!