Key papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Pofolia’s corpus holds 79 papers from the Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design subfield (2012–2024). The list below starts with the most cited.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”.
The Design of Everyday Things
Vahlen eBooks · 2016 · FWCI 59.17 · 6,416 citations
Product design, not user error, causes frustration with everyday objects; good design leverages visibility, natural mappings, and constraints to guide users effortlessly.
NeRF
Communications of the ACM · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 975.12 · 5,949 citations · Open access
A new method uses a deep neural network to represent complex 3D scenes as a continuous volumetric function, enabling photorealistic novel view synthesis from sparse input images.
Instant neural graphics primitives with a multiresolution hash encoding
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 1104.42 · 3,739 citations · Open access
A novel multiresolution hash encoding significantly speeds up neural graphics primitive training and rendering by using a small neural network augmented with a trainable hash table.
Screened poisson surface reconstruction
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 143.12 · 2,226 citations
This work extends Poisson surface reconstruction by incorporating points as explicit interpolation constraints, generalizing the mathematical framework to a screened Poisson equation.
TetGen, a Delaunay-Based Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software · 2015 · Q1 · FWCI 369.02 · 1,593 citations
TetGen is a new C++ program that generates high-quality tetrahedral meshes for numerical methods and scientific computing using Delaunay-based algorithms.
Spatial Point Patterns
2015 · FWCI 43.14 · 1,581 citations
This book introduces modern statistical methods and R software for analyzing spatial point pattern data, making complex techniques accessible to researchers and statisticians across various fields.
D-NeRF: neural radiance fields for dynamic scenes
UPCommons institutional repository (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) · 2021 · 1,252 citations
This paper introduces D-NeRF, a novel method for reconstructing dynamic 3D scenes from a collection of images.
Efficient Geometry-aware 3D Generative Adversarial Networks
2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) · 2022 · 1,012 citations
Researchers developed a new 3D GAN architecture that generates high-resolution, multi-view-consistent images and 3D shapes in real-time, overcoming limitations of previous methods.
2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
2021 · 986 citations
SurfaceNet, a novel patch-based generative adversarial network (GAN), can estimate spatially-varying material properties (SVBRDF) from a single image, outperforming existing methods.
Structure extraction from texture via relative total variation
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 58.81 · 886 citations
A new method using 'relative total variation' measures effectively extracts meaningful structures from textured surfaces, overcoming challenges posed by regular, near-regular, or irregular texture patterns.
READING IMAGES - THE GRAMMAR OF VISUAL DESIGN
VNU Journal of Foreign Studies · 2017 · FWCI 176.89 · 861 citations · Open access
This book introduces a systematic framework for analyzing visual images, treating them as a form of language with its own grammar.
Level of Detail for 3D Graphics
2012 · FWCI 100.78 · 829 citations
This book consolidates mechanisms, principles, and theory for Level of Detail (LOD) techniques, offering a practical resource for real-time graphics developers.
PlenOctrees for Real-time Rendering of Neural Radiance Fields
2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) · 2021 · 806 citations
A new method, PlenOctrees, enables real-time rendering of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) by pre-tabulating them into an octree structure, achieving over 150 FPS for 800x800 images.
Emerging MPEG Standards for Point Cloud Compression
IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems · 2018 · Q1 · FWCI 147.78 · 762 citations · Open access
The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) is developing a new open standard for compactly representing 3D point clouds, addressing the massive data requirements of immersive AR/VR experiences.
Magic3D: High-Resolution Text-to-3D Content Creation
2023 · 732 citations
Magic3D generates high-quality 3D mesh models from text prompts in 40 minutes, significantly faster and with higher resolution than previous methods like DreamFusion.
Real-Time Rendering
2018 · FWCI 20.40 · 701 citations
This fourth edition of 'Real-Time Rendering' is thoroughly updated to cover modern techniques for generating synthetic 3D images instantly, focusing on practical methods used in games and applications.
Shape, Illumination, and Reflectance from Shading
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 90.28 · 661 citations
This paper introduces a novel statistical inference approach to recover 3D scene properties like shape, reflectance, and illumination from a single 2D image, overcoming the limitations of traditional multi-observation methods.
Learning hatching for pen-and-ink illustration of surfaces
ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 88.21 · 649 citations
A new algorithm learns to automatically generate pen-and-ink hatching illustrations in a specific artist's style by analyzing a single example drawing.
A dynamic seamless modeling method for the global multi-scale terrain based on DQG
2015 · 601 citations
A new method based on the spherical DQG (Degenerate Quadtree Grid) achieves dynamic, seamless global multi-scale terrain modeling, eliminating grid cracks and T-connections.
Radiosity and Realistic Image Synthesis
2016 · FWCI 46.90 · 599 citations
This paper introduces a framework for modeling radiative energy distribution in environments, such as tree crowns, to improve realistic image synthesis. The framework's formal specification allows for algorithm analysis and potential development of a specialized mini-language for environment modeling.
Recently added
2D Gaussian Splatting for Geometrically Accurate Radiance Fields
2024 · 474 citations
2D Gaussian Splatting (2DGS) reconstructs geometrically accurate radiance fields by collapsing 3D Gaussians into view-consistent 2D planar Gaussian disks, overcoming 3DGS's surface representation limitations.
4D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Dynamic Scene Rendering
2024 · 569 citations
4D Gaussian Splatting (4D-GS) achieves real-time dynamic scene rendering at 82 FPS (800x800 resolution on RTX 3090) by representing scenes with 3D Gaussians and 4D neural voxels, outperforming prior methods.
Mip-Splatting: Alias-Free 3D Gaussian Splatting
2024 · 403 citations
Mip-Splatting introduces a 3D smoothing filter and a Mip filter to eliminate aliasing artifacts in 3D Gaussian Splatting, enabling high-fidelity novel view synthesis across varying zoom levels.
Scaffold-GS: Structured 3D Gaussians for View-Adaptive Rendering
2024 · 328 citations
Scaffold-GS introduces a novel approach to 3D Gaussian Splatting by using anchor points to dynamically predict Gaussian attributes based on viewing direction and distance, significantly reducing redundant Gaussians and improving robustness to view changes.
Wonder3D: Single Image to 3D Using Cross-Domain Diffusion
2024 · 293 citations
Wonder3D generates high-fidelity textured 3D meshes from single images in under 3 minutes by using a cross-domain diffusion model to create multi-view normal maps and color images, overcoming limitations of prior methods.
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