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Kurt Akeley

Engineering

#528

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#887

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#233

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Electrical Engineering

#146

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#171

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#69

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Kurt Akeley

Computer Science

#913

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#946

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#495

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Computer Graphics

#22

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#24

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#16

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#9757

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#1295

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Kurt Akeley's Degrees

PhD Computer Science Stanford University
Bachelors Electrical Engineering Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Kurt Akeley is an American computer graphics engineer. Akeley was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for contributions to the architecture of 3-D graphics systems and the definition of Open GL, now the industry standard.

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Kurt Akeley's Published Works

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Vergence-accommodation conflicts hinder visual performance and cause visual fatigue. (2008) (1414)
Cg: a system for programming graphics hardware in a C-like language (2003) (732)
The OpenGL Graphics System: A Specification (2004) (707)
The accumulation buffer: hardware support for high-quality rendering (1990) (432)
Reality Engine graphics (1993) (322)
A stereo display prototype with multiple focal distances (2004) (320)
Focus cues affect perceived depth. (2005) (294)
Computer Graphics - Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition (1990) (191)
RealityEngine graphics (2000) (175)
High-performance polygon rendering (1988) (162)
Proceedings of the 24th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (2000) (93)
Data-parallel rasterization of micropolygons with defocus and motion blur (2009) (81)
GRAMPS: A programming model for graphics pipelines (2009) (77)
Creating effective focus cues in multi-plane 3D displays (2011) (73)
Computational Plenoptic Imaging (2011) (72)
The Silicon Graphics 4D/240GTX superworkstation (1989) (68)
The OpenGL Reference Manual (1992) (58)
Reducing shading on GPUs using quad-fragment merging (2010) (40)
Real-time shading (2002) (39)
DiagSplit: parallel, crack-free, adaptive tessellation for micropolygon rendering (2009) (39)
The Design of the OpenGL Graphics Interface (1998) (38)
Improving light field camera sample design with irregularity and aberration (2015) (25)
Achieving near-correct focus cues in a 3D display using multiple image planes (2005) (24)
Achieving Near-Correct Focus Cues Using Multiple Image Planes (2004) (22)
Minimum triangle separation for correct z-buffer occlusion (2006) (18)
Consequences of Incorrect Focus Cues in Stereo Displays. (2008) (15)
The Opengl Graphics Interface (1994) (10)
Modern OpenGL: its design and evolution (2008) (10)
When will ray-tracing replace rasterization? (2002) (9)
Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 2000, New Orleans, LA, USA, July 23-28, 2000 (2000) (7)
Focus cues to display distance affect perceived depth from disparity. (2010) (4)
A vision for computer vision: emerging technologies (2016) (4)
GRAMPS (2009) (3)
Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference of Computer Graphics: Preface (2001) (2)
Computer graphics : proceedings : SIGGRAPH 2000 : conference proceedings, July 23-28, 2000 (2000) (2)
Light‐Field Imaging Approaches Commercial Viability (2015) (2)
35.1: Invited Paper: Envisioning a Light Field Ecosystem (2012) (1)
Computer graphics achievement award (1995) (1)
Improved stereoscopic performance with consistent vergence and accommodative cues in a novel 3-D display (2004) (1)
Realizing the compute potential of the mobile GPU (2014) (0)
Architectures of high-performance 3D graphics accelerators (1992) (0)
Using multiple image planes to achieve near-correct focus cues in a 3D display. (2004) (0)
System and method for mixing of pixel parts, based on depth range values (1996) (0)
I1.1: Invited Paper: Light Field Imaging (2015) (0)
Architectures of high-performance 3D graphics accelerators (videotape) (1992) (0)
Projection and Parallax (2011) (0)
Keynote address: Moore's law and the VR experience (2004) (0)
Issues and Directions for Graphics Hardware Accelerators (1991) (0)

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