Multiresolution and fast decompression for optimal web-based rendering

Ponchio F., Dellepiane M.

Modeling and Simulation  Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism  Geometry and Topology  Computational Geometry and Object Modeling  Software  Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 

Limited bandwidth is a strong constraint when efficient transmission of 3D data to Web clients and mobile applications is needed. In this paper we present a novel multi-resolution WebGL based rendering algorithm which combines progressive loading, view-dependent resolution and mesh compression, providing high frame rates and a decoding speed of million of triangles per second in JavaScript. The method is parallelizable and scalable to very large models. The algorithm is based on the local multi-resolution approaches provided by the community, but ad-hoc solutions had to be studied and implemented to provide adequate performances. In particular, a compression mechanism that reached very high compression rate without impact on rendering performance was implemented. Moreover, the data partition strategy was modified in order to be able to load different types of data (i.e. point clouds) and better adapt to the potentials and limitations of web-based rendering.

Source: Graphical models (Print) 88 (2016): 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.gmod.2016.09.002

Publisher: Academic Press,, San Diego, CA , Stati Uniti d'America

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