Summary of Simplicits: Mesh-free, Geometry-agnostic, Elastic Simulation, by Vismay Modi et al.
Simplicits: Mesh-Free, Geometry-Agnostic, Elastic Simulation
by Vismay Modi, Nicholas Sharp, Or Perel, Shinjiro Sueda, David I. W. Levin
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Graphics (cs.GR); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed simulator can handle any object representation undergoing large, nonlinear deformations without requiring data-, mesh-, or grid-based approaches. The system works by reducing each standard geometric representation to an occupancy function queried at any point in space and defining a common interface for simulators. This allows for the training of small implicit neural networks encoding spatially varying weights that act as reduced deformation bases. These weights are trained to learn physically significant motions through random perturbations, minimizing deformation energy via Monte Carlo sampling. The simulator can then accurately simulate deformations at runtime by using the reduced basis and sampling back to the original domain. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine a world where 3D objects can be simulated in any way imaginable! This paper is all about creating a special kind of computer program that can take different kinds of information (like pictures or measurements) and turn them into a simulation. What makes this program so special is that it doesn’t care what the information looks like – it can work with all sorts of different shapes, sizes, and forms. This means that scientists and artists can use it to create really realistic simulations of things like objects moving, materials bending, or even entire scenes unfolding. |
