Browsing by Subject "Houdini"

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    • Art Directable Tornadoes 
      Dwivedi, Ravindra (2011-08-08)
      Tornado simulations in the visual effects industry have always been an interesting problem. Developing tools to provide more control over such effects is an important and challenging task. Current methods to achieve these ...
    • Art Directed Fire-Hair Simulation 
      Wang, Cong (2016-04-22)
      Fire simulation and hair simulation can be used to create stylized characters and character animation in movies. In this research a system was created whereby fire simulation was guided by hair simulation, which this thesis ...
    • Controlling Melting Phase Change Simulations 
      Kekre, Rushil Shashank (2017-12-01)
      I have developed a set of Houdini Digital Assets (HDA) to control phase change in materials that melt. Examples of real world materials that exhibit these phenomena include melting candles, molten steel, etc. The purpose ...
    • Creating Bright Shadows: Visual Music Using Immersion, Stereography, and Computer Animation 
      Catalano, Michael Anthony (2017-01-10)
      This thesis outlines the research and process of creating an immersive audiovisual work titled “Bright Shadows,” an 11 minute three-dimensional animation of dynamic, colorful abstractions choreographed to instrumental ...
    • A GPU Accelerated Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Capability For Houdini 
      Sanford, Mathew (2012-10-19)
      Fluid simulations are computationally intensive and therefore time consuming and expensive. In the field of visual effects, it is imperative that artists be able to efficiently move through iterations of the simulation to ...
    • A Procedural Approach to Computer-Aided Modeling in Nautical Archaeology 
      Suarez, Matthew Ray (2016-12-12)
      This research is to determine the functionality and applicability of procedural computer-based modeling techniques in the field of nautical archaeology. To demonstrate this approach, an interactive procedural model of the ...
    • A Procedural Interface Wrapper for Houdini Engine in Autodesk Maya 
      House, Benjamin Robert (2019-03-14)
      Game development studios are facing an ever-growing pressure to deliver quality content in greater quantities, making the automation of as many tasks as possible an important aspect of modern video game development. This ...
    • The Creation of Woven Tiles from the Union of Delaunay Lofts 
      Eng, Matthew Ryan (2019-08-21)
      In this work, we build upon the previously established foundations of Delaunay Lofts, which are a new class of shapes inspired by biological phenomena known as scutoids. Delaunay Lofts naturally provides edge collapse and ...