Progressive Animation Sequences

Abstract

3D animations have been widely used in the movie and gaming industries. However, the huge storage requirements of dynamic mesh data make it difficult for a number of applications such as rendering, transmitting over a network, etc.This study proposes a multiresolution representation for 3D animation. The results show that the coarse animation appears by using only 10% of the original faces. More detailed animation appears by using 80% of original faces, but only requires 3% of original storage space. Consequently, this approach enables a continuous level of detail for dynamic 3D mesh sequences.