True 3D animation for displaying VLSI modeling data

The authors report on a flexible system that provides visual feedback to VLSI designers with a novel display method. The basic problem is to display simultaneously two or more functions f/sub 1/, f/sub 2/, . . ., each of which depends on the two spatial variables x and y. The method is based on resu...

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Published in:IEEE computer graphics and applications 1988-01, Vol.8 (1), p.6-9
Main Authors: Papathomas, T.V., Julesz, B., Chodrow, S.E.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Animation
Displays
Feedback
Humans
Very large scale integration
Visual perception
Visual system
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Summary:The authors report on a flexible system that provides visual feedback to VLSI designers with a novel display method. The basic problem is to display simultaneously two or more functions f/sub 1/, f/sub 2/, . . ., each of which depends on the two spatial variables x and y. The method is based on results from visual perception experiments, which indicated that the human visual system can view simultaneously two or more images that are separated in depth, even if they are combined (superimposed) over a common spatial domain. Two display modes have been implemented: a gray-level mode and a contour mode in which only the edges separating adjacent regions are displayed in an effort to make things easier for the user. This depth-separation technique allows the viewer to register spatially the x,y distribution of multiple variables in an animation sequence. The technique can be applied to many other situations in which a single-plane episode involves several variables.< >
ISSN:0272-1716
1558-1756
DOI:10.1109/38.484