View-Region Optimized Image-Based Scene Simplification

Puneet Lall
Dave Richardson
Matt Pharr
Manfred Ernst
HPG '18 (2018)

Abstract

We present an algorithm for image based simplification of computer generated scenes for virtual reality (VR) applications. Our system transforms geometrically-complex environments into a layered quad tile representation renderable on low power mobile-class VR devices. A novel constrained optimization formulation ensures that the resulting tiles are renderable within a predetermined compute budget, limiting both primitive-count and fill rate. Furthermore, a new method for texturing from RGBD images generates high-quality silhouettes without the drawbacks of traditional point splatting. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this layered tile representation at rendering complex scenes with visually compelling, anti-aliased results.

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