Impossible objects, geometric constructions that humans can perceive but that cannot exist in real life, have been a topic of intrigue in visual arts, perception, and graphics, yet no satisfying computer representation of such objects exists. Previous work emb...

Optimization time integrators are effective at solving complex multi-physics problems including deformable solids with non-linear material models, contact with friction, strain limiting, and so on. For challenging problems, Newton-type optimizers are often use...

Long-take touring (LTT) shots are characterized by smooth camera motion over a long distance that seamlessly connects different views of the captured scene. These shots offer a compelling way to visualize 3D spaces. However, filming LTT shots directly is very ...

We present GenAnalysis, an implicit shape generation framework that allows joint analysis of man-made shapes, including shape matching and joint shape segmentation. The key idea is to enforce an as-affine-as-possible (AAAP) deformation between synthetic shapes...

Physically based differentiable rendering has established itself as key to inverse rendering, in which scenes are recovered from images through gradient-based optimization. Taking the derivative of the rendering equation is made difficult by the presence of di...

Animating human-scene interactions such as picking and placing a wide range of objects with different geometries is a challenging task, especially in a cluttered environment where interactions with complex articulated containers are involved. The main difficul...

Oculoplastic surgery is a critical treatment for various eye conditions, such as ptosis, which can cause both aesthetic and functional issues. Due to the anxiety about the outcome, patients are often hesitant to undergo the necessary procedures required for th...

Inverse rendering has emerged as a standard tool to reconstruct the parameters of appearance models from images (e.g., textured BSDFs). In this work, we present several novel contributions motivated by the practical challenges of recovering high-resolution sur...

The Material Point Method (MPM) has become a cornerstone of physics-based simulation, widely used in geomechanics and computer graphics for modeling phenomena such as granular flows, viscoelasticity, fracture mechanics, etc. Despite its versatility, the origin...

Eigenanalysis of differential operators, such as the Laplace operator or elastic energy Hessian, is typically restricted to a single shape and its discretization, limiting reduced order modeling (ROM). We introduce the first eigenanalysis method for continuous...

Barrier potentials gained popularity as a means for robust contact handling in physical modeling and for modeling self-avoiding shapes. The key to the success of these approaches is adherence to geometric constraints, i.e., avoiding intersections, which are th...

Optical heterodyne detection (OHD) employs coherent light and optical interference techniques (Fig. 1-(A)) to extract physical parameters, such as velocity or distance, which are encoded in the frequency modulation of the light. With its superior signal-to-noi...

We introduce Arenite, a novel physics-based approach for modeling sandstone structures. The key insight of our work is that simulating a combination of stress and multi-factor erosion enables the generation of a wide variety of sandstone structures observed in...

We present a novel method for accurately calibrating the optical properties of full-color 3D printers using only a single, directly printable calibration target. Our approach is based on accurate multiple-scattering light transport and estimates the single-sca...

Self-intersection repair in static 3D surface meshes presents unique challenges due to the absence of temporal motion and penetration depth information—two critical elements typically leveraged in physics-based approaches. We introduce a novel framework that t...

Recent advances in cloud rendering have brought us a promising alternative for interactive photorealistic rendering on lightweight devices, which used to be only available on high-end platforms equipped with powerful graphic cards. This technique enables users...

Selection is the first step in many image editing processes, enabling faster and simpler modifications of all pixels sharing a common modality. In this work, we present a method for material selection in images, robust to lighting and reflectance variations, w...

Reflectance acquisition from sparse images has been a long-standing problem in computer graphics. Previous works have addressed this by introducing either material-related priors or illumination multiplexing with a general sampling strategy. However, fixed lig...

The past few years have witnessed an emergent interest in building generative models for the graphic design domain. For adoption of powerful deep generative models with Transformer-based neural backbones, prior approaches formulate designs as ordered sequences...

The recently developed Progressive Dynamics framework [Zhang et al. 2024] addresses the long-standing challenge in enabling rapid iterative design for high-fidelity cloth and shell animation. In this work, we identify fundamental limitations of the original me...