Research Article

Fast and Reliable Mouse Picking Using Graphics Hardware

Table 1

Statistics for the four test scenes. The processing times are in (miliseconds).

Model nameTriangles per modelModelnumberMethodLongest time(miliseconds)Shortest time(miliseconds)Average time(milisecond)Speedup

Toy elk32901CPU3.0642.8522.9101.000
WYSIWYG6.9936.3906.4640.450
FRMP0.8910.3140.4416.599

Venus43 3571CPU42.49737.82438.8591.000
WYSIWYG11.97410.01010.9483.549
FRMP2.2491.5211.70222.831

Teapot63202000CPU4500.5984320.8554387.0131.000
WYSIWYG165.392160.398163.25426.872
FRMP83.33478.29380.95954.188

Torus80010 000CPU1720.8871696.9761706.3581.000
WYSIWYG47.91838.01642.41140.234
FRMP19.63614.12017.65196.672