An efficient system for collaboration in tele-immersive environments

Authors:
N. Jensen;S. Olbrich;H. Pralle;S. Raasch
Affiliations:
Learning Lab Lower Saxony (L3S), Germany and University of Hannover, Germany;University of Hannover, Germany;University of Hannover, Germany;University of Hannover, Germany
Venue:
EGPGV '02 Proceedings of the Fourth Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization
Year:
2002

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Abstract

The paper describes the development of a high-performance system for visualizing complex scientific models in real-time. The architecure of the system is a client/server model, in which the simulator generates lists of 3D graphics objects in parallel to the simulation, from where they are sent to a streaming server. The server transfers the 3D objects to viewer clients. Clients communicate over a second connection with each other, which adds the ability to perform collaborative tasks. An application related to computational fluid dynamics is specified where such a tele-immersive system can be used. The approach differs to other solutions because it offers a large set of graphics primitives for visualization, and it is optimized for distributed, heterogenous environments.