Learning to reconstruct botanical trees from single images

B Li, J Kałużny, J Klein, DL Michels… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021‏ - dl.acm.org
We introduce a novel method for reconstructing the 3D geometry of botanical trees from
single photographs. Faithfully reconstructing a tree from single-view sensor data is a …

Rhizomorph: The coordinated function of shoots and roots

B Li, J Klein, DL Michels, B Benes, S Pirk… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
Computer graphics has dedicated a considerable amount of effort to generating realistic
models of trees and plants. Many existing methods leverage procedural modeling …

Interactive Invigoration: Volumetric Modeling of Trees with Strands

B Li, NA Schwarz, W Pałubicki, S Pirk… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024‏ - dl.acm.org
Generating realistic models of trees and plants is a complex problem because of the vast
variety of shapes trees can form. Procedural modeling algorithms are popular for defining …

Procedural urban forestry

T Niese, S Pirk, M Albrecht, B Benes… - ACM Transactions on …, 2022‏ - dl.acm.org
The placement of vegetation plays a central role in the realism of virtual scenes. We
introduce procedural placement models (PPMs) for vegetation in urban layouts. PPMs are …

A physically-inspired approach to the simulation of plant wilting

F Maggioli, J Klein, T Hädrich, E Rodolà… - SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
Plants are among the most complex objects to be modeled in computer graphics. While a
large body of work is concerned with structural modeling and the dynamic reaction to …

Interactive modeling and authoring of climbing plants

T Hädrich, B Benes, O Deussen… - Computer Graphics …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present a novel system for the interactive modeling of developmental climbing plants
with an emphasis on efficient control and plausible physics response. A plant is represented …

Gazebo plants: Simulating plant-robot interaction with cosserat rods

J Deng, S Marri, J Klein, W Pałubicki, S Pirk… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
Robotic harvesting has the potential to positively impact agricultural productivity, reduce
costs, improve food quality, enhance sustainability, and to address labor shortage. In the …

Visual simulation of crack and bend generation in deteriorated films coated on metal objects: Combination of static fracture and position-based deformation

A Ishitobi, M Nakayama, I Fujishiro - The Visual Computer, 2023‏ - Springer
Weathering, an expression of degradation caused by rain and wind, is essential for
photorealistic computer graphics. One of the commonest targets of weathering is metal …

Learned Inference of Annual Ring Pattern of Solid Wood

M Larsson, T Ijiri, IC Shen, H Yoshida… - Computer Graphics …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
We propose a method for inferring the internal anisotropic volumetric texture of a given wood
block from annotated photographs of its external surfaces. The global structure of the annual …

Learning to sculpt neural cityscapes

J Zhu, H Wang, D Hogg, T Kelly - The Visual Computer, 2024‏ - Springer
We introduce a system that learns to sculpt 3D models of massive urban environments. The
majority of humans live their lives in urban environments, using detailed virtual models for …