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Second IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER'00)
Browsing Virtual Reality on a PC Cluster
Chemnitz, Germany
November 28-December 01
ISBN: 0-7695-0896-0
M. R. Guarracino, Center for Research on Parallel Computing and Supercomputers CPS-CNR, Naples, Italy
G. Laccetti, Center for Research on Parallel Computing and Supercomputers CPS-CNR, Naples, Italy
D. Romano, Center for Research on Parallel Computing and Supercomputers CPS-CNR, Naples, Italy
VRML is the standard language to build a Virtual Reality System, i.e. a language to describe 3D objects and interactive worlds. To use such a system, among the other tools, a software called browser is needed, in order to access the information in the VRML files and to visualize the virtual world from a human perspective.
This paper describes the implementation of a VRML parallel browser based on a modified version of graphics libraries, such as OpenGL and GLUT. The obtained interactive parallel rendering engine has been developed for a message passing computing environment; a detailed analysis of its performance on a PC cluster is also described.
Citation:
M. R. Guarracino, G. Laccetti, D. Romano, "Browsing Virtual Reality on a PC Cluster," cluster, pp.201, Second IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER'00), 2000
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