Abstract: Embodiments are described for a method for processing textures for a mesh comprising quadrilateral polygons for real-time rendering of an object or model in a graphics processing unit (GPU), comprising associating an independent texture map with each face of the mesh to produce a plurality of face textures, packing the plurality of face textures into a single texture atlas, wherein the atlas is divided into a plurality of blocks based on a resolution of the face textures, adding a border to the texture map for each face comprising additional texels including at least border texels from an adjacent face texture map, and performing linear interpolation of a trilinear filtering operation on the face textures to resolve resolution discrepancies caused when crossing an edge of a polygon.

Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable medium for rendering images are provided. The method includes rendering a first image based on a model. The method further includes receiving additional image information rendered by the server and incorporating the additional image information into the first image to create a second image for display. The second image is displayed in an output device.

Abstract: Building an image-based model may be accomplished by defining an approximation set of functions for building a representation of the image-based model, defining an error function that quantifies how well the approximation set reproduces image data of the image-based model, and adjusting parameters of the approximation set to produce a best approximation to the image data.

Abstract: Building an image-based model may be accomplished by defining an approximation set of functions for building a representation of the image-based model, defining an error function that quantifies how well the approximation set reproduces image data of the image-based model, and adjusting parameters of the approximation set to produce a best approximation to the image data.