A survey and performance analysis of software platforms for interactive cluster-based multi-screen rendering

Proceedings of the Workshop on Virtual Environments, EGVE'03

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 261-270

  Staadt, Oliver G ^a   Walker, Justin ^a   Nuber, Christof ^a   Hamann, Bernd ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER-BASED; DATA DISTRIBUTION; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PLATFORMS; TEST CASE; THREE SYSTEMS; TILED DISPLAY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84869007806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/769953.769984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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