Compression of synthetic images

Although the "digital convergence" (of computers and video) is well underway, the convergence of computer graphics and video technology has only begun. A key problem in this area is developing efficient ways to compress the data used in graphics algorithms: geometric models, synthetic images, textures, and volumes. Among the questions we are addressing in this research are:

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Recent papers in this area:

Polygon-Assisted JPEG and MPEG Compression of Synthetic Images
Marc Levoy
Proc. Siggraph '95
Model-Based Motion Estimation for Synthetic Animations
Maneesh Agrawala, Andrew Beers and Navin Chaddha
Proc. ACM Multimedia '95
Rendering from Compressed Textures
Andrew Beers, Maneesh Agrawala and Navin Chaddha
Proc. SIGGRAPH '96

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