An interactive graphics display architecture

Author

Regan, Matthew ; Pose, Ronald

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia

fYear

1993

fDate

18-22 Sep 1993

Firstpage

293

Lastpage

299

Abstract

A technique for redesigning a display controller within a traditional graphics display system is outlined. By performing complicated computations within the display controller, the system may be optimized for the needs of a virtual reality display system. Wide angle viewing lens effects and response to user head rotations may be compensated for within the display controller, avoiding the rendering bottleneck. The architecture allows image overlaying to provide more realistic scenes and a mechanism for focusing the time of the rendering engine on sections of the scene which change the most frequently

Keywords

display devices; interactive devices; rendering (computer graphics); virtual reality; complicated computations; display controller; graphics display system; image overlaying; interactive graphics display architecture; realistic scenes; rendering bottleneck; rendering engine; user head rotations; virtual reality display system; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Control systems; Focusing; Graphics; Head; Layout; Lenses; Rendering (computer graphics); Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1993., 1993 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1363-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VRAIS.1993.380766

Filename

380766