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Article on PhysBam (physics-based modeling) for movies
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:24 am
by Erwin Coumans
Computer scientist reveals the math and science behind blockbuster movies
On Feb. 19 2007 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, movie lovers get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the physics-based simulations that breathe life into fantasy.
Full article:
http://www.physorg.com/news91118829.html
See also
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~fedkiw/
Re: Article on PhysBam (physics-based modeling) for movies
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:26 am
by Chris Elion
But about a year and a half ago Fedkiw figured out how to run a star algorithm on many processors, resulting in special effects unprecedented in their realism.
Any idea what they mean by that? I skimmed the list of papers on Fedkiw's page and didn't see anything mentioning parallel algorithms. Sure, parallel Navier-Stokes or FEM solvers are pretty non-trivial, but they're not exactly breaking news.
Or maybe they meant "A*"
