A Survey of Mesh Compression Techniques

As the eld of computer graphics advances, computers and graphics hardware become more powerful. However, the size and complexity of the meshes we wish to represent are also increasing to the point where we must nd some way to com-press this information in order to make storage and trans-mission feasible (or more feasible). This paper will survey the research in mesh compression, provide some background, and look at future directions in the eld. 1