Towards a 3-D Graphics Workstation

Kaufmann, Arie

Towards a 3-D Graphics Workstation

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1986

Authors

Kaufmann, Arie

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

A voxel-map based architecture which lays the foundations for a 3-D graphics workstation,called the CUBE Workstation, is presented. The architecture is centered around a largecubic frame-buffer of voxels, operated on by three processors: a 9-D Geometry Processorwhich scan-converts geometric objects into their voxel representation, a 9-D Frame-BufferProcessor which manipulates the voxel-based images and controls interaction, and a 9-DViewing Processor which projects the images on a 2-D monitor. Two other supportingprocessors, the 2-D Frame-Buffer Processor which manipulates the 2-D images and theColor Transform Processor which handles color transformations, are also introduced.

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booktitle = {Eurographics workshop on Graphics Hardware
},
editor = {W. Strasser
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title = {{Towards a 3-D Graphics Workstation
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author = {Kaufmann, Arie
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year = {1986
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publisher = {The Eurographics Association
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ISSN = {1727-3471
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ISBN = {3-540-18222-5
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DOI = {/10.2312/EGGH/EGGH86/017-026
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