DRETTAKIS , George

This special issue of Computer Graphics Forum contains the proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Eurographics Association, held in Heraklion, Crete, April 14 - 18, 2008. This is an important transitional year for the EUROGRAPHICS conference. For its 29'th edition, the premium European event for Computer Graphics changed dates, moving...

In this talk, we will start with a short overview of 3D audiovisual rendering and its applicability to multimodal interfaces. In recent years, we have seen the generalization of 3D applications, ranging from computer games, which involve a high level of realism, to applications such as SecondLife, in which the visual and auditory quality of the...

The area of virtual heritage has long been concentrated on generating digital reconstructions of historical or archaeological artefacts and sites with enough fidelity to be truly accurate representations of their real-world counterparts. In some cases, the advancement of tools and techniques for achieving greater visual realism has distracted...