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Ecologically Sound Procedural Generation of Natural Environments
Joint Authors
Onrust, Benny
Rooseboom, Robert
van de Koppel, Johan
Bidarra, Rafael
Source
International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-05-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Current techniques for the creation and exploration of virtual worlds are largely unable to generate sound natural environments from ecological data and to provide interactive web-based visualizations of such detailed environments.
We tackle this challenge and propose a novel framework that (i) explores the advantages of landscape maps and ecological statistical data, translating them to an ecologically sound plant distribution, and (ii) creates a visually convincing 3D representation of the natural environment suitable for its interactive visualization over the web.
Our vegetation model improves techniques from procedural ecosystem generation and neutral landscape modeling.
It is able to generate diverse ecological sound plant distributions directly from landscape maps with statistical ecological data.
Our visualization model integrates existing level of detail and illumination techniques to achieve interactive frame rates and improve realism.
We validated with ecology experts the outcome of our framework using two case studies and concluded that it provides convincing interactive visualizations of large natural environments.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Onrust, Benny& Bidarra, Rafael& Rooseboom, Robert& van de Koppel, Johan. 2017. Ecologically Sound Procedural Generation of Natural Environments. International Journal of Computer Games Technology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-17.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Onrust, Benny…[et al.]. Ecologically Sound Procedural Generation of Natural Environments. International Journal of Computer Games Technology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1165379
American Medical Association (AMA)
Onrust, Benny& Bidarra, Rafael& Rooseboom, Robert& van de Koppel, Johan. Ecologically Sound Procedural Generation of Natural Environments. International Journal of Computer Games Technology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1165379
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1165379