Griz: Grid Visualization Over Optical Networks
Aura, a distributed parallel rendering toolkit, is used to
remotely render data on available graphics resources
(in Chicago and in Amsterdam) for local display at the
iGrid conference. Aura is applied to real-world scientific
problems; notably, the visualization of high-resolution
isosurfaces of the Visible Human dataset and an interactive
molecular dynamics simulation.
Interactive and collaborative applications have a
near-real-time requirement. For interaction over long
distances, network delay is a key factor. Optical networks
seem to have a predictable latency, making near-real-time
interactive behavior easier, and the higher bandwidth allows
faster access to large datasets and remote visualization machines.
Acknowledgment:
Data courtesy of the Visible Human Project, National Library of Medicine,
USA; Quanta.
Collaborators
Henri Bal, Hans Spoelder, Luc Renambot, Desmond Germans, Tom van der Schaaf, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Jason Leigh, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
Contact
Henri Bal
Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
bal@cs.vu.nl
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~renambot/vr/html/intro.htm