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dPVS: An Occlusion Culling System for Massive Dynamic Environments
March/April 2004 (vol. 24 no. 2)
pp. 86-97
Timo Aila, Hybrid Graphics and Helsinki University of Technology
Ville Miettinen, Hybrid Graphics and University of Helsinki

A platform-independent occlusion culling library for dynamic environments, dPVS, can benefit such applications as CAD and modeling tools, time-varying simulations, and computer games.

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Citation:
Timo Aila, Ville Miettinen, "dPVS: An Occlusion Culling System for Massive Dynamic Environments," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 86-97, Mar./Apr. 2004, doi:10.1109/MCG.2004.10022
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