• In computer graphics, level of detail (LOD) refers to the complexity of a 3D model representation. LOD can be decreased as the model moves away from the...
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  • Level of detail may refer to: Level of detail (writing), the level of abstraction in written works Level of detail (computer graphics), the complexity...
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  • journal Details (magazine), an American men's magazine Auto detailing, a car-cleaning process Level of detail (computer graphics), a 3D computer graphics concept...
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  • is a list of computer graphics and descriptive geometry topics, by article name. 2D computer graphics 2D geometric model 3D computer graphics 3D modeling...
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    computer program. A software application or component that performs rendering is called a rendering engine, render engine, rendering system, graphics...
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  • This is a glossary of terms relating to computer graphics. For more general computer hardware terms, see glossary of computer hardware terms. Contents...
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    Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is a specific-technology or application of computer graphics for creating or improving images in art, printed media,...
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    Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film...
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    computer graphics, popping refers to an undesirable visual effect that occurs when the transition of a 3D object to a different pre-calculated level of...
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    colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor. Graphics cards are sometimes...
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  • and recreational software. Images that are generated by a computer are called computer graphics. Examples are photographs, drawings, line art, mathematical...
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    A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present...
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    called Mesa3D and The Mesa 3D Graphics Library, is an open source implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications. Mesa translates...
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    Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS)...
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    This is a list of notable 8-bit computer color palettes, and graphics, which were primarily manufactured from 1975 to 1985. Although some of them use RGB...
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  • Clipmap (category Computer graphics)
    In computer graphics, clipmapping is a method of clipping a mipmap to a subset of data pertinent to the geometry being displayed. This is useful for loading...
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  • 3D computer graphics software refers to packages used to create 3D computer-generated imagery. This table compares elements of notable software that is...
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    In computer graphics, a shader is a computer program that calculates the appropriate levels of light, darkness, and color during the rendering of a 3D...
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  • producing a three-dimensional (3D) effect. Despite the name, isometric computer graphics are not necessarily truly isometric—i.e., the x, y, and z axes are...
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    In computer graphics, tessellation is the dividing of datasets of polygons (sometimes called vertex sets) presenting objects in a scene into suitable structures...
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    Voxel (redirect from Voxel graphics)
    Feiner (1990). "Spatial-partitioning representations; Surface detail". Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice. The Systems Programming Series. Addison-Wesley...
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    In computer graphics and digital photography, a raster graphic represents a two-dimensional picture as a rectangular matrix or grid of pixels, viewable...
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    In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical coordinate-based representation of a surface of an object (inanimate or...
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  • instead of resolution-dependent bitmap graphics to represent images in computer graphics. In video games this type of projection is somewhat rare, but has...
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  • guideline for developing software Level of detail, a computer graphics technique to adapt the detail of the displayed 3D object to the user needs Linked open...
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    etc. Typical of a visualization application is the field of computer graphics. The invention of computer graphics (and 3D computer graphics) may be the...
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    Graphics Array (VGA) is a video display controller and accompanying de facto graphics standard, first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in...
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    In 3D computer graphics and solid modeling, a polygon mesh is a collection of vertices, edges and faces that defines the shape of a polyhedral object's...
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  • and other graphics libraries, which allow the separation of concerns to facilitate interoperability and platform independence. In computer science, an...
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  • ROAM (category Computer graphics algorithms)
    continuous level of detail algorithm that optimizes terrain meshes. On modern computers, sometimes it is more effective to send a small amount of unneeded...
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