Methods for distributed visualization of virtual objects using multitexturing based on material blending

Abstract

The paper proposes new multi-texturing methods and algorithms for objects of 3D virtual environment. The task of object rendering with blend materials is considered. Such materials consist of several sub-materials structured in the form of a binary tree and laid on the same area of the object surface. To blend results obtained by independent application of each material from the tree to the object’s surface, the visualization process uses per-pixel mixing. Proposed solutions are based on the use of distributed computing by means of modern multi-core GPUs.