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Method of environment mapping in computer graphics

In computer graphics, cube mapping is a method of environment mapping that uses the six faces of a cube as the map shape. The environment is projected onto the sides of a cube and stored as six square textures, or unfolded into six regions of a single texture. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Cube mappingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Cube-fx: Mapping Taylor Expansion Onto Matrix Multiplier-Accumulators of Huawei Ascend AI ProcessorsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Houghton Mifflin the Nation's Choice CaliforniaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Mapping Hilbert Cube Manifolds to ANR's: A Solution of a Conjecture of BorsukCited 89 times
  5. Go sideways: Wavefront .obj fileA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Reflection mappingA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The use or creation of a cube map.

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🆕 Influential since 2022

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