Chromium renderserver: Scalable and open remote rendering infrastructure

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 627-639

  Paul, Brian ^a,b   Ahern, Sean ^a,c   Bethel, Wes ^a,d,e   Brugger, Eric ^f   Cook, Rich ^f   Daniel, Jamison ^c   Lewis, Ken ^b   Owen, Jens ^b   Southard, Dale ^f  

^a IEEE

^b Tungsten Graphics Inc   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e R3vis Corp

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative visualization; Distance visualization; Parallel rendering; Remote rendering; Remote visualization; Virtual network computer

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE VISUALIZATION; DISTANCE VISUALIZATION; PARALLEL RENDERING; REMOTE RENDERING; REMOTE VISUALIZATION; VIRTUAL NETWORK COMPUTERS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SCALABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 41549157455     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2007.70631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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