3D configurator, surface determination (also known as Hidden Surface Removal (HSR), Occlusion Culling (OC), or Visible Surface Determination (VSD)) is the method used to determine which surfaces and parts of surfaces are not visible from a particular angle. A Hidden Surface Determination Algorithm is a solution to the visibility problem that was one of [...]
Eye Tap is a device that is worn on the front of the eye so that it acts like a camera to capture any scene. It is also used as a display of the position over computer-assisted images on the actual scene. The device is designed to function as a camera and monitor in [...]
In the following article, we explain Apple's retina displays, including Liquid Retina HD, Retina HD, Super Retina HD, Retina 4K and 5K. We will also discuss which iPads, iPhones, iPods, Macs and MacBooks have Retina screens. Retina displays provide a good platform for visualizing 3D configurators. Retina [...]
In computer graphics, a height map or a height field is a raster image that is mainly used as a discrete global grid in secondary elevation modeling. Height maps plays an important role by creating 3D configurators. Each pixel stores values, such as surface height data, for display in 3D computer graphics. A heightmap [...]
Volume Ray Casting, sometimes referred to as Volumetric Ray Casting, Volumetric Ray Tracing or Volume Ray Marching, is an image-based volume rendering technique. Ray Casting plays an important in the creating processes of a 3D configurator. It calculates 2D images from 3D volume data sets (3D scalar fields). Volume ray casting, which processes volume [...]
In our two part article about 3D configurators we dedicate ourselves to the sale of customizable products in online shops. In part one we clarify what advantages a product configurator can offer and what has to be considered when designing the configurator. Part two then examines how product configurators can be implemented in a technical [...]
Ray Casting is a rendering technique used in computer graphics and geometry. Ray Casting plays an improtant role in the creating process of an 3D configurator. It is able to generate a three-dimensional perspective in a two-dimensional map. It was developed by scientists from the Mathematical Applications Group in the 1960s and is considered [...]
For several decades, Okino has been a pioneer in creating 3D configurators, actively researching and developing professional skeleton and skinning conversions between the most popular 3D character animation software packages and file formats such as 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, LightWave, Maya, Softimage, Collada, DirectX, FBX and U3D. In the following article we would like [...]
NVIDIA recently unveiled its latest GPU architecture called Turing. Turing plays an important in the creation process of a 3D configurator. Although the headlining feature is hardware-accelerated raytracing, Turing also includes some other developments that look quite fascinating in themselves. If you speak English, we recommend you watch the following video: [...]
Direct illumination occurs when a light source illuminates objects in a scene directly for example in a 3D configurator. Indirect illumination, on the other hand, occurs when the light reflected or transmitted by objects illuminates other objects. Global illumination is the technique used to simulate indirect lighting. There are types of global illumination: Radiosity. [...]
