Lift-Off: Using Reference Imagery and Freehand Sketching to Create 3D Models in VR

• Published in: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 1442 - 1451
• Main Authors: Jackson, Bret, Keefe, Daniel F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.04.2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 3D User Interfaces; Animals; Artiodactyla; Artists; Computational modeling; Computer Graphics; Data logging; Equipment Design; Humans; Image processing; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - instrumentation; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Immersive 3D Modeling; Liftoff; Model matching; Modelling; Models, Theoretical; Scaffolding; Shape; Sketch-based Modeling; Sketches; Solid modeling; Surface treatment; Three dimensional models; Three-dimensional displays; User interfaces; User-Computer Interface; Virtual Reality; 3D User Interfaces; Immersive 3D Modeling; Sketch-based Modeling; Virtual Reality

Three-dimensional modeling has long been regarded as an ideal application for virtual reality (VR), but current VR-based 3D modeling tools suffer from two problems that limit creativity and applicability: (1) the lack of control for freehand modeling, and (2) the difficulty of starting from scratch....