High-Fidelity Interactive Rendering on Desktop Grids

Author

Aggarwal, V. ; Debattista, K. ; Bashford-Rogers, T. ; Dubla, P. ; Chalmers, A.

Volume

32

Issue

3

fYear

2012

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Desktop grids combine arbitrary computational resources connected to a network. However, the prevalent interactive rendering algorithms can´t seamlessly handle the variable computational power offered by a desktop grid´s nondedicated resources. In this article, a method for achieving interactive high-fidelity rendering on nondedicated machines such as desktop grids is developed, without the expensive requirements of a dedicated render farm. The proposed algorithm is also fault-tolerant.

Keywords

fault tolerant computing; grid computing; rendering (computer graphics); arbitrary computational resources; desktop grids; fault tolerant algorithm; high-fidelity interactive rendering; interactive rendering algorithms; nondedicated machines; nondedicated resources; variable computational power; Computational efficiency; Computer networks; Costs; Fault tolerance; Grid computing; Image reconstruction; Image sampling; Rendering (computer graphics); computer graphics; desktop grids; fault tolerance; graphics and multimedia; high-fidelity rendering; image reconstruction; interactive rendering; parallel computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2010.67

Filename

5487485