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Perception-aware computational fabrication : increasing the apparent gamut of digital fabrication

Piovarči, Michal ; Didyk, Piotr (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2020INFO015.

Haptic and visual feedback are important for assessing objects' quality and affordance. One of the benefits of additive manufacturing is that it enables the creation of objects with personalized tactile and visual properties. This personalization is realized by the ability to deposit functionally graded materials at microscopic resolution. However, faithfully reproducing real-world objects on a...

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Fabrication-in-the-loop co-optimization of surfaces and styli for drawing haptics

Piovarči, Michal ; Kaufman, Danny M. ; Levin, David I. W. ; Didyk, Piotr

In: ACM transactions on graphics, 2020, vol. 39, no. 4, p. 16 p

Digital drawing tools are now standard in art and design workflows. These tools offer comfort, portability, and precision as well as native integration with digital-art workflows, software, and tools. At the same time, artists continue to work with long-standing, traditional drawing tools. One feature of traditional tools, well-appreciated by many artists and lacking in digital tools, is the...

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Towards spatially varying gloss reproduction for 3D printing

Piovarči, Michal ; Foshey, Michael ; Babaei, Vahid ; Rusinkiewicz, Szymon ; Matusik, Wojciech ; Didyk, Piotr

In: ACM transactions on graphics, 2020, vol. 39, no. 6, p. 13 p

3D printing technology is a powerful tool for manufacturing complex shapes with high-quality textures. Gloss, next to color and shape, is one of the most salient visual aspects of an object. Unfortunately, printing a wide range of spatially-varying gloss properties using state-of-the-art 3D printers is challenging as it relies on geometrical modifications to achieve the desired appearance. A...