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An Architecture for Hierarchical Collision Detection Gabriel Zachmann Günter Knittel Computer Graphics, Informatik II WSI/GRIS University of Bonn University of Tübingen email: zach@cs.uni-bonn.de email: knittel@gris.uni-tuebingen.de Abstract We present novel algorithms for efficient hierarchical collision detection and propose a hardware ar- chitecture for a single-chip accelerator. We use a hierarchy of bounding volumes defined by k-DOPs for maximum performance. A new hierarchy traversal algorithm and an optimized triangle-triangle inter- section test reduce bandwidth and computation costs. The resulting hardware architecture can process two object hierarchies and identify intersecting triangles autonomously at high speed. Real-time collision detection of complex objects at rates required by force-feedback and physically-based simulations can be achieved. Keywords: graphics hardware, computer animation, virtual reality, hierarchical algorithms, triangle intersection. 1 Introduction In this paper, we propose an architecture which implements hierarchical collision detection for rigid Collision detection is an elementary task in areas objects in hardware. We have concentrated on hier- like animation systems, virtual reality, games, phys- archical algorithms, because they have offered the ically-based simulation, automatic path finding, vir- best pe