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A combined method of object visualization based on analytical and scalar perturbation functions and three-dimensional textures with the use of graphics processing units is proposed. To display the terrain and the change in levels of detail, the same method as that for color textures is applied, and vertex shaders are used in the case of scattered light. A method of real-time visualization of volumetric clouds is described. For this purpose, it is proposed to form three-dimensional textures by means of pre-processing of the cloud structure and volume-oriented visualization.
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Russian Text © The Author(s), 2019, published in Avtometriya, 2019, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 81–91.
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Vyatkin, S.I., Dolgovesov, B.S. Combined Method of Visualization of Functionally Defined Surfaces and Three-Dimensional Textures. Optoelectron.Instrument.Proc. 55, 172–180 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S8756699019020092
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