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Texture mapping technique
In 3D computer graphics, normal mapping, or Dot3 bump mapping, is a texture mapping technique used for faking the lighting of bumps and dents – an implementation of bump mapping. It is used to add details without using more polygons. A common use of this technique is to greatly enhance the appearance and details of a low polygon model by generating a normal map from a high polygon model or height map. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Normal mappingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Mapping microstructural gradients of the human striatum in normal aging and Parkinson’s diseaseInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: A history of complex dynamicsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Longitudinal Mapping of Cortical Thickness and Brain Growth in Normal ChildrenCited 1,312 times
- Go sideways: Glossary of computer graphicsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Texture mappingA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Longitudinal Mapping of Cortical Thickness and Brain Growth in Normal Children
Functional Mapping of Sequence Learning in Normal Humans
Dynamic mapping of normal human hippocampal development
Mapping normal and cancer cell signalling networks: towards single-cell proteomics
Fast Mapping in Normal and Language-Impaired Children
Mapping cortical asymmetry and complexity patterns in normal children
In Vivo Biomechanical Mapping of Normal and Keratoconus Corneas
Epigenome Mapping in Normal and Disease States
🆕 Influential since 2022
Mapping microstructural gradients of the human striatum in normal aging and Parkinson’s disease
Neural Degeneration in Normal-Aging Human Cochleas: Machine-Learning Counts and 3D Mapping in Archival Sections
Corneal Epithelial Mapping Characteristics in Normal Eyes Using Anterior Segment Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
NV-LIOM: LiDAR-Inertial Odometry and Mapping Using Normal Vectors Towards Robust SLAM in Multifloor Environments
Maximizing Realism: Mapping Plastic Particles at the Ocean Surface Using Mixtures of Normal Distributions
📚 Books worth reading
A history of complex dynamicsDaniel S. Alexander · 1994- 📕Climates of the StatesJames A. Ruffner · 1978
- 📕Modelos y cartografía de estimaciones climáticas termopluviométricas para la España peninsularOtilio Sánchez Palomares · 1999
- 📕Normalʹnye formy, invarianty i lokalʹnye otobrazhenii͡aGenrikh Ruvimovich Belit͡skiĭ · 1979
- 📕Piante e disegni dell'Archivio SalviatiScuola normale superiore (Italy) · 1993
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