Comparing simplification and image-based techniques for 3D client-server rendering systems
W. Pasman, F. W. Jansen
In our paper "Comparing simplification and image-based techniques for 3D client-server rendering systems" a model is presented to estimate the data transfer and rendering load for a thin client rendering system that uses a variety of image and geometry simplification techniques. The model integrates and extrapolates existing results, to allow comparision of the existing techniques. Bytesize and lifetime are calculated of the simplifications, as a function of the desired visual quality and the position and movements of the viewer. We compare the different methods for various rendering and communication conditions.
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1. Imposter distortion
2. Lifetime integration
3. Error estimation from geometry
4. Inversing geometric error
5. Texture size estimation
6. Bytesize calculation
2. Total linkload