A network architecture for remote rendering

Author

Hesina, Gerd ; Schmalstieg, Dieter

Author_Institution

Vienna Univ. of Technol., Austria

fYear

1998

fDate

19-20 Jul 1998

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

91

Abstract

Internet-based virtual environments (VEs) let users explore multiple virtual worlds with many different geometric models, which are downloaded rather than pre-distributed. To avoid long download times, we have developed a method that optimally utilizes network bandwidth by downloading only the exact portion of geometry that is necessary for rendering. The solution is based on progressive geometry data structures (smooth levels of detail) and on selective downloading

Keywords

Internet; computational geometry; rendering (computer graphics); spatial data structures; virtual reality; Internet-based virtual environments; download time; downloaded geometric models; multiple virtual world exploration; network architecture; optimal network bandwidth utilization; progressive geometry data structures; remote rendering; selective downloading; smooth detail levels; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Electrical capacitance tomography; Geometry; Internet; Layout; Solid modeling; Spatial databases; Visual databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Interactive Simulation and Real-Time Applications, 1998. Proceedings. 2nd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8594-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DISRTA.1998.694570

Filename

694570