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Lance Williams (Rugby Union)
Lance Williams may refer to: * Lance Williams (graphics researcher) (1949–2017), creator of mipmapping * Lance Williams, ''San Francisco Chronicle'' reporter and author of the book ''Game of Shadows'', see Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada * Lance Williams (basketball) Lance Williams (born June 19, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. References External links ABA League Profile Eurocupbasketball.com ProfileTBLStat.net Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Lance 1980 births Living people ... (born 1980), American basketball player * Lance Williams (Rugby union), American Rugby union player {{hndis, Williams, Lance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Williams (graphics Researcher)
Lance J. Williams (September 25, 1949 – August 20, 2017) was a prominent graphics researcher who made major contributions to texture map prefiltering, shadow rendering algorithms, facial animation, and antialiasing techniques. Williams was one of the first people to recognize the potential of computer graphics to transform film and video making. Williams died at 67 years old on August 20th, 2017, after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife and two children. Education Williams was an Honors student majoring in English with a minor in Asian Studies at the University of Kansas and graduated with a B.A. in 1972. While a student at KU he competed in collegiate chess tournaments and is said to have had a rating of 1800. He was drawn to the University of Utah by a "Humanistic Computation" summer seminar held by Jef Raskin at KU. He joined the graduate Computer Science program at the University of Utah in 1973 and studied computer graphics and animation under Ivan Sutherland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mipmapping
In computer graphics, mipmaps (also MIP maps) or pyramids are pre-calculated, optimized sequences of images, each of which is a progressively lower resolution representation of the previous. The height and width of each image, or level, in the mipmap is a factor of two smaller than the previous level. Mipmaps do not have to be square. They are intended to increase rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts. A high-resolution mipmap image is used for high-density samples, such as for objects close to the camera; lower-resolution images are used as the object appears farther away. This is a more efficient way of downfiltering ( minifying) a texture than sampling all texels in the original texture that would contribute to a screen pixel; it is faster to take a constant number of samples from the appropriately downfiltered textures. Mipmaps are widely used in 3D computer games, flight simulators, other 3D imaging systems for texture filtering, and 2D and 3D GIS software. Their use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Williams And Mark Fainaru-Wada
Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada co-authored the book ''Game of Shadows'' while they were reporters for the ''San Francisco Chronicle''. For their investigative work in the field of steroids, Williams and Fainaru-Wada were given the 2004 George Polk Award. In the course of their investigative research, Williams and Fainaru-Wada were the first to report that: *track star Marion Jones purportedly received illegal drugs from the steroid supplier BALCO *world record-holder Tim Montgomery testified before a federal grand jury that he had used steroids *baseball slugger Jason Giambi testified that he had used steroids On May 5, 2006, Fainaru-Wada and Williams were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury about how they obtained leaked grand jury testimony. On May 31, the authors urged United States District Judge Martin Jenkins of San Francisco to excuse them from testifying. This appeal was supported by affidavits from ''Washington Post'' reporters Carl Bernstein and Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Williams (basketball)
Lance Williams (born June 19, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. References External links ABA League Profile Eurocupbasketball.com ProfileTBLStat.net Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Lance 1980 births Living people A.E.L. 1964 B.C. players American expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American expatriate basketball people in Uruguay Bandırma B.İ.K. players Centers (basketball) DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball players İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. players Kauhajoen Karhu players KK Igokea players Rockford Lightning players Basketball players from Chicago Türk Telekom B.K. players American men's basketball players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Williams (Rugby Union)
Lance Williams may refer to: * Lance Williams (graphics researcher) (1949–2017), creator of mipmapping * Lance Williams, ''San Francisco Chronicle'' reporter and author of the book ''Game of Shadows'', see Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada * Lance Williams (basketball) Lance Williams (born June 19, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. References External links ABA League Profile Eurocupbasketball.com ProfileTBLStat.net Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Lance 1980 births Living people ... (born 1980), American basketball player * Lance Williams (Rugby union), American Rugby union player {{hndis, Williams, Lance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
