Communications of the ACM
Research Archive
The Research archive provides access to all Research articles published in past issues of Communications of the ACM.
November 2014
From Communications of the ACM
Technical Perspective: The Intricate Dance of Fabric and Light
For years, graphics programs have simulated fabric as a collection of fibers, requiring tweaks to algorithms for each new fabric. "Building Volumetric Appearance Models of Fabric Using Micro CT Imaging" solves this problem in…
From Communications of the ACM
Building Volumetric Appearance Models of Fabric Using Micro CT Imaging
Visualizing and rendering cloth has been an important area of graphics research for decades. This paper proposes a new approach to acquiring volume models, based on density data from CT scans and appearance data from photographs…