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Patches

1. In 3D graphics, patches are another name for Higher Order Surfaces. These are sections of a 3D model that are defined by a mathematical expression rather than groups of triangles. These patches, are essentially mesh shapes that can be recreated simply by knowing the equation that generated them and any additional algorithm to deform them.

See Also: Procedural Modelling, Parametric Surfaces, Higher Order Surfaces


2. Patches are a colloquial term for client software updates sent out at regular or irregular intervals as the programmers of any virtual environment with engine sections on user machines, tweak the content or expand the capabilities of the virtual world.

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Higher-Order Surfaces

Patches

Procedural Modelling



 

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(04/04/2014)
Wearing a fitness tracker on your wrist or clipped to your belt is so 2013.

Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have demonstrated thin, soft stick-on patches that stretch an...


(18/07/2010)
A new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines - while providing improved immunization against diseases such a...


(13/10/2009)
Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have taken a snapshot of proteins changing shape, sticking together and creating structures that are believed to trigger deadly processes in the nervous system. The discovery opens the possibility of ...


(02/11/2012)
Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles come together, or "self-assemble," to f...


(21/05/2007)
With World of Warcraft already having captured the attention of over six million subscribers, it seems the world is still not satisfied, and is preparing to expand once again. It seems more likely than not, that this expansion, which Blizza...