Ying Zhu

Publications (7)0 Total impact

• Conference Proceeding: The cost of supporting references in collaborative augmented reality.

  Jeffrey W. Chastine, Ying Zhu
  Proceedings of the Graphics Interface 2008 Conference, May 28-30, 2008, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; 01/2008
• Conference Proceeding: Understanding the design space of referencing in collaborative augmented reality environments.

  Jeffrey W. Chastine, Kristine Nagel, Ying Zhu, Luca Yearsovich
  Proceedings of the Graphics Interface 2007 Conference, May 28-30, 2007, Montreal, Canada; 01/2007
• Chapter: Real-Time GPU-Based Simulation of Dynamic Terrain

  Anthony S. Aquilio, Jeremy C. Brooks, Ying Zhu, G. Scott Owen
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  ABSTRACT: Although a great deal of research effort has been devoted to the realistic and efficient rendering of terrain data, the existing research mainly focuses on displaying static terrain. The realistic simulation of dynamic terrain, including vehicle-terrain interactions, is absent in most 3D graphical applications. In this paper, we present a new GPU-based algorithm for dynamic terrain simulation. A key component of this algorithm is a Dynamically-Displaced Height Map (DDHM) which is generated and manipulated on the GPU. In addition, our method achieves real-time performance by using new features of the latest graphics hardware and shader technology. We demonstrate our algorithm by simulating a ground vehicle traveling on soft terrain. Our algorithm is particularly useful for ground based visual simulation applications as well as 3D games.
  11/2006: pages 891-900;
• Article: A Collaborative Multi-View Virtual Environment for Molecular Visualization and Modeling

  Jeffrey W. Chastine, Ying Zhu, Jeremy C. Brooks, G. Scott Owen, Robert W. Harrison, Irene T. Weber
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  ABSTRACT: Molecular modeling has been a long-standing research area for biologists. However, the existing molecular modeling software lacks strong support for collaborative research. In this paper we describe our effort to develop a collaborative multi-view virtual environment for molecular visualization and modeling. In our virtual environment, the users are able to visualize large molecular structures in real-time, create their own view, or share their view with others in the system. The system allows for individual or coordinated collaborative manipulation of the virtual molecular model. Our virtual environment is integrated with a molecular dynamics simulator, and therefore our system is not merely a visualization tool, but an environment where biologists can collaboratively construct their models and test their hypotheses.
  Coordinated and Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization, International Conference on. 07/2005;
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  Conference Proceeding: Accelerated 2D Image Processing on GPUs.

  Bryson R. Payne, Saeid Belkasim, G. Scott Owen, Michael Weeks, Ying Zhu
  Computational Science - ICCS 2005, 5th International Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 22-25, 2005, Proceedings, Part II; 01/2005
• Conference Proceeding: AMMP-Vis: a collaborative virtual environment for molecular modeling.

  Jeffrey W. Chastine, Jeremy C. Brooks, Ying Zhu, G. Scott Owen, Robert W. Harrison, Irene T. Weber
  Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2005, Monterey, CA, USA, November 7-9, 2005; 01/2005
• Article: Integrating modeling and animation tools into an introductory computer science graphics course

  Ying Zhu, G. Scott Owen
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  ABSTRACT: We report our experience of integrating a free modeling and animation tool into an introductory computer graphics class. The goal is to help students better understand the computer graphics development process and therefore inspire their long term interest in this field. We also present the feedback from our students.