Fast, Progressive Loading of Binary-Encoded Declarative-3D Web Content

Author

Limper, M. ; Jung, Yongmin ; Behr, J. ; Sturm, T. ; Franke, Tobias ; Schwenk, K. ; Kuijper, A.

Volume

33

Issue

5

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept.-Oct. 2013

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Until recently, a major drawback of declarative-3D approaches for the Web was the encoding of scene-graph-related structured data along with a text-based description of unstructured vertex data. Loading times were long, and 3D Web content wasn´t available until the full page had completely loaded. To overcome this limitation requires external mesh data containers that are referenced in the scene description. In particular, sequential image geometry containers and explicit binary containers align well with GPU buffer structures, thus enabling fast decoding and GPU uploads. Furthermore, progressive binary geometry enables simple, yet highly progressive transmission of arbitrary mesh data on the Web.

Keywords

Internet; binary codes; content management; data communication; decoding; graph theory; graphics processing units; image coding; image sequences; mesh generation; natural scenes; text analysis; GPU buffer structures; GPU uploads; explicit binary containers; external mesh data containers; fast binary encoded declarative-3D Web content loading; fast decoding; progressive binary geometry; progressive content loading; progressive data transmission; scene description; scene graph-related structured data encoding; sequential image geometry containers; text-based description; unstructured vertex data; Browsers; Encoding; HTML; Image analysis; Image coding; Three-dimensional displays; Websites; HTML5; WebGL; computer graphics; declarative 3D; mesh encoding; progressive binary geometry; sequential image geometry;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2013.52

Filename

6521320