A data distribution strategy for parallel point-based rendering

13th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2005, WSCG'2005 - In Co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS, Full Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Hubo, Erik ^a   Bekaert, Philippe ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cluster computing; Parallel rendering; Point based rendering

Indexed keywords

BALANCED WORK-LOAD; COMPLEX DATASETS; COMPUTATIONAL WORK; DATA DISTRIBUTION; DATA REPLICATION; DETAILED MODELS; FRAME-TO-FRAME COHERENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; INTERACTIVE FRAME RATES; PARALLEL RENDERING; PARALLELIZATIONS; POINT CLOUD; POINT SET; POINT-BASED RENDERING; RENDERING SYSTEM; SCANNING DEVICE; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 84861029073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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