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View-dependent tessellation and simulation of ocean surfaces.

Anna Puig-Centelles¹, Francisco Ramos², Oscar Ripolles³

¹Neuroscience Division, Starlab Barcelona, 08022 Barcelona, Spain.

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|March 28, 2014

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This study introduces a novel GPU technique for real-time ocean surface simulation. It efficiently manages large heightmaps, enabling dynamic mesh approximations for realistic ocean rendering.

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Area of Science:

Computer Graphics
Real-time Simulation
Scientific Visualization

Background:

Realistic ocean rendering is computationally intensive.
Managing large heightmaps for ocean surfaces remains a challenge in real-time applications.
Existing methods often require re-tessellation, impacting performance.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an efficient real-time ocean surface simulation technique.
To address the challenge of managing large heightmaps for dynamic ocean rendering.
To enable view-dependent mesh approximations with maintained coherence.

Main Methods:

A novel technique for simulating ocean surfaces on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).
Implementation of view-dependent mesh approximation strategies.
Method for maintaining coherence between successive mesh approximations.

Main Results:

Achieved real-time performance for ocean surface simulation.
Successfully managed large heightmaps efficiently.
Enabled dynamic mesh refinement and coarsening using the latest approximations.

Conclusions:

The proposed GPU-based technique significantly advances real-time ocean rendering.
It offers a coherent and efficient solution for dynamic ocean surface simulation.
This method overcomes limitations of previous approaches requiring re-tessellation.