Title :
A commercial virtual reality system based on parallel and distributed approach
Author :
Hamilton, Paul ; Chen, Shiping ; Hintz, Tom
Author_Institution :
Foundation Comput. Group Pty. Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Virtual Reality (VR) is an exciting yet challenging area. In commercial VR systems, one of the main challenges is how to maintain relatively constant performance under various loading and at low-cost. This paper presents a parallel and distributed solution to the problem against the background of a commercial entertainment VR system. In the paper, the architecture of the system is introduced. The strategies of distribution and the mechanism of the parallel processing is discussed
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; parallel architectures; parallel programming; virtual reality; architecture; client/server; commercial entertainment; distributed; event driven; parallel; parallel processing; synchronisation; virtual reality; Application software; Computer graphics; Concurrent computing; Costs; Distributed computing; Hardware; Parallel processing; User interfaces; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks, 1996. Proceedings., Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7460-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISPAN.1996.509025
