A new real-time Eulerian fluid simulation that uses a hybrid grid of regular cubic cells on top of a layer of tall cells above an arbitrary terrain. The method includes a novel multigrid method and several fluid solver modifications, and achieves 30fps in real-world scenarios on a modern GPU.

A two-scale method for particle-based fluids that allocates computing resources to regions of the fluid where complex flow behavior emerges. This method produces similar surface details as the single-resolution simulation while improving the efficiency.

This paper presents a method for achieving non-reflecting boundaries when animating free surface fluids. The boundaries are based on the perfectly matched layer (PML) approach and are intended to allow localized high-quality simulations of large fluid domains such as oceans.

To efficiently obtain natural-looking liquid simulations subject to art direction, this method processes approved low-resolution geometry into a "guide shape" just below the liquid surface. The final high-resolution simulation runs just a surface layer constrained by the guide, with benefits for both speed and control.

A technique for synthesizing synchronized sounds for physically based fire animations. A hybrid method simulates low-frequency flame sounds using a physics-based approach, and then uses bandwidth extension and sound-texture synthesis to synthesize fiery high-frequency details.

Material connections are everywhere: from architectural environments to machines and electronics. These connections manifest as seams, joints, and corners, usually with visually apparent orthogonal lines. Graded material transition is an alternative material-connection method that challenges the dominance of pronounced orthogonal seams in today’s built environment.

Learn more about OpenGL, the most widely adopted 2D/3D graphics API, from the ARB and leading OpenGL companies.

The Undergraduate Research Alliance was created to foster and support computer graphics research by undergraduates. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend.

X3D: 3D Anywhere!

From mobile devices to enterprise workstations to immersive CAVEs, X3D is the only open-standard (ISO), royalty-free file format and run-time specification for interactive virtual environments. With multiple encodings and API bindings, it is compatible with numerous web and industry technologies and remains the most robust and versatile open standard for implementing high-integrity and high-capability 4D multimedia information spaces. New features and data integration (such as HTML5 and volume rendering) are rapidly expanding X3D 3.3's value in applications ranging from mobile to AR, CAD, and medical. This talk presents the innovative community of content and application developers that ensures the interoperability, longevity, and ownership of your content. See the latest real-world interactive 3D applications and find out how you can build and protect your content investment in this ever-changing competitive market.

Join us for our third annual networking event with students, artists, recruiters, educators, and executives of color in the animation, VFX, and gaming industries.

A new, high-quality, and efficient single-image upscaling method that exploits local self-similarities in the data and reduces search time. The method is implemented using novel non-dyadic filter banks that allow real-time processing when converting low-resolution video formats into HD standards.

A scalable and temporal coherent video retargeting method that factors the problem into spatial and motion components. The sub-problem sizes are proportional to a frame resolution, and they can be solved in parallel. The system dramatically reduces computational time and memory consumption without compromising quality.

A robust and efficient approach to video stabilization that achieves high-quality camera motion for a wide range of videos and is sufficiently practical for consumer applications.

This paper presents a method for reducing undesirable tonal fluctuations in video: minute changes in tonal characteristics, such as exposure, color temperature, brightness, and contrast in a sequence of frames. These distracting fluctuations are typically caused by the camera's automatic setting adjustment.