Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks

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The stretching that plagues images for 3-D video games (see top) dissappears when new algorithms from UC San Diego are used to create high quality images for interactive applications such as 3-D video games on the fly. Image: UC San Diego Jacobs Scho ...
The stretching that plagues images for 3-D video games (see top) dissappears when new algorithms from UC San Diego are used to create high quality images for interactive applications such as 3-D video games "on the fly." Image: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from a UC San Diego computer science undergraduate now offers video game developers the possibility of high quality yet lightweight images for 3D video games that are generated "on the fly" and are free of stretch marks, flickering and other artifacts.


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