Selected Publications

This page lists some of the academic work and book chapters that I have published, including links to project pages, preprints, supplemental material and videos, where available. A full list of all my academic publications can be found via Google Scholar.


Wie interaktive 3-D-Darstellung heute funktioniert: Zentrale Merkmale und technische Herausforderungen
MRARKunst
Book Chapter, appeared in: G. Peez: Mixed Reality und Augmented Reality im Kunstunterricht. München (kopaed), 2021
An brief introduction to how interactive 3D rendering works, targeted towards art teachers and other educators without an IT background (in German).

Efficient Global Registration for Nominal/Actual Comparisons
Registration2018
S. Berkei, M. Limper, C. Hörr, and A. Kuijper
Proc. VMV 2018
Evaluation of different methods for automatic scan-to-CAD alignment, proposing also a novel simple and efficient framework.

Automatic Optimization of 3D Mesh Data for Real-Time Online Presentation
Saliency
PhD thesis, TU Darmstadt, 2018
Design of an automated 3D optimization pipeline, including several novel contributions. Covering mesh processing algorithms as well as practical techniques for the 3D Web.

Box Cutter: Atlas Refinement for Efficient Packing via Void Elimination
BoxCutter
M. Limper, N. Vining, A. Sheffer
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH 2018)
A cut-and-repack method that can significantly improve the packing efficiency of UV atlases. Includes a novel strategy for removal of UV overlaps, using short cuts.

A unified GLTF/X3D extension to bring physically-based rendering to the web
GLTF-PBR Image
T. Sturm, M. Sousa, M. Thöner and M. Limper
Proc. ACM Web3D 2016
A proposal on a PBR material for glTF and X3D, which then became the basis of the successful glTF 2.0 PBR standard (see talks section for more info).

Mesh Saliency via Local Curvature Entropy
Saliency
M. Limper, A. Kuijper, D. W. Fellner
Proc. Eurographics 2016 (Short Papers)
Fast and flexible saliency estimation for weighted mesh simplification.

hare3d: Rendering Large Models in the Browser
hare3d
C. Stein, M. Limper, M. Thoener and J. Behr
Book Chapter, appeared in: P. Cozzi (Editor): WebGL Insights, A K Peters/CRC Press, August 2015
An architecture for loading and rendering large models using WebGL.

Web-Based Delivery of 3D Mesh Data for Real-World Visual Computing Applications
RWVC
M. Limper, J. Behr, D. W. Fellner
Book Chapter, appeared in: M. Magnor, O. Grau, O. Sorkine-Hornung, C. Theobalt (Eds.): Digital Representations of the Real World: How to Capture, Model, and Render Visual Reality, A K Peters/CRC Press, May 2015
A compact introduction to Web-based delivery of 3D mesh data.

Evaluating 3D Thumbnails for Virtual Object Galleries
Thumbnails
M. Limper, F. Brandherm, D. W. Fellner, A. Kuijper
Proc. ACM Web3D 2015
Comparing bandwidth consumption of 3D meshes and 2D image series.

SRC - a Streamable Format for Generalized Web-based 3D Data Transmission
SRC
M. Limper, M. Thöner, J. Behr, D. W. Fellner
Proc. ACM Web3D 2014 (2nd prize at Best Paper Award)
A flexible, real-world format for progressive transmission of 3D mesh data.

The POP Buffer: Rapid Progressive Clustering by Geometry Quantization
POPBuffer
M. Limper, Y. Jung, J. Behr, M. Alexa
Computer Graphics Forum 32 (7) (Proc. Pacific Graphics 2013)
A straightforward method for progressive representation of triangle meshes, useful for low-complexity streaming.

Fast Delivery of 3D Web Content: A Case Study
CaseStudy2013
M. Limper, S. Wagner, C. Stein, Y. Jung, A. Stork
Proc. ACM Web3D 2013
A comparative study on the real-world performance of the most widely used 3D mesh data formats for the Web.

Efficient Volume Raycasting for Interactive SPH Applications
Diploma
Diploma Thesis, University of Siegen, 2012
Designing a parallelized, efficient volume raycaster, written in CUDA, for the visualization of concentrations in interactive SPH simulations.

* This is a preprint of the final paper. The definitive version is available at http://dl.acm.org.

** This is a preprint of the final paper. The definitive version is available at http://diglib.eg.org/ and http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.