Monthly Archives: March 2007

Pong with a Stable Fluids twist… Your paddles shoot bursts of fluid velocity, and the ball reacts to the motion of the fluid. Plus some trippy eye candy. Plasma Pong

“We present a family of discrete isometric bending models (IBMs) for triangulated surfaces in 3-space. These models are derived from an axiomatic treatment of discrete Laplace operators, using these operators to obtain linear models for discrete mean curvature from which … Continue reading →

Keenan Crane, an undergrad at UIUC,  recently implemented a full 3D fluid solver on one of NVIDIA’s latest GPUs, and achieved some pretty stunning speeds.  Could in-game real-time 3D liquid simulations really be just around the corner?  GPU Fluids

The SIGGRAPH courses for 2007 are posted online. The two that seem relevant to physics-based animation are: Fluid Simulation Strands and Hair: Modeling, Animation and Rendering

“The Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) is the premier forum for innovations in the software and technology of computer animation. This annual event brings together researchers and practitioners working on all aspects of time-based phenomena. The intimate size, the single … Continue reading →

“Visual quality, low computational cost, and numerical stability are foremost goals in computer animation. An important ingredient in achieving these goals is the conservation of fundamental motion invariants. For example, rigid and deformable body simulation benefits greatly from the conservation … Continue reading →

Having a strong personal interest in physics-based animation, I thought it would be interesting to start a blog that aids in collecting and disseminating information related to physics-based animation, taking inspiration from the GPGPU site. Since I’m starting this in … Continue reading →