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Geometry compression

Deering, 1995

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8627963277284010289
Author
Deering M
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Proceedings of the 22nd annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques

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This paper introduces the concept of Geometry Compression, allowing 3D triangle data to be represented with a factor of 6 to 10 times fewer bits than conventional techniques, with only slight losses in object quality. The technique is amenable to rapid decompression in …
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