Multi-Resolution Modeling for Virtual Design

The benefits of multi-resolution modeling techniques in virtual reality are vast, but oneessential component of this model is how it can be used to speedup the process of virtual designand virtual prototyping. In this paper we propose a new multi-resolution representation schemecalled MRM, which can support efficient extraction of both fixed and variable resolutionmodeling data for handling multiple objects in the same scene. One important feature of theMRM scheme is that it supports unified selective simplifications and selective refinements overthe mesh representation of the object. In addition, multi-resolution models may be used tosupport real-time geometric transmission of data in collaborative virtual design and prototypingapplications. These key features in MRM, may be applied to a variety of VR applications.