Optimized data transfer for time-dependent, GPU-based glyphs

IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, PacificVis 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-72

  Grottel, S ^a   Reina, G ^a   Ertl, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graphics data structures and data types I.3.7 computer graphics ; I.3.6 computer graphics ; Methodology and techniques I.3.6 computer graphics ; Three dimensional graphics and realism

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING TOOLS; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA SET SIZE; DATA SETS; GRAPHICAL PRIMITIVES; GRAPHICS DATA STRUCTURES AND DATA TYPES I.3.7 [COMPUTER GRAPHICS]; I.3.6 [COMPUTER GRAPHICS]; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; MEASUREMENT PROCESS; METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES I.3.6 [COMPUTER GRAPHICS]; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PARTICLE-BASED SIMULATION; POINT-BASED; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; RENDERING METHODS; SEMANTIC DENSITY; STORAGE EFFICIENCY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS AND REALISM; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-DEPENDENT DATASETS;

DATA STRUCTURES; DATA TRANSFER; DATA VISUALIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 67650515448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PACIFICVIS.2009.4906839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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