Getting Started with the Java 3D™ API (Textures)
Getting Started with the Java 3D™ API (Textures)
Publisher: Sun Microsystems, Inc. | ISBN: N\A | edition 1999 | PDF | 41 pages | 1,7 mb
Publisher: Sun Microsystems, Inc. | ISBN: N\A | edition 1999 | PDF | 41 pages | 1,7 mb
Carpet may be the extreme example in terms of the complexity and density of the surface geometry, but it is far from the only object for which we perceive texture. Bricks, concrete, wood, lawns, walls, and paper are just some of the objects for which flat (non-textured) polygons do not visually represent well.
But, just like with carpet, the cost of representing surface texture in geometric primitives for these objects would be quite high.