loading...
Sort-Middle Multi-Projector Immediate-Mode Rendering in Chromium
Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-October 28
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VIS.2005.9016th IEEE Visualization 2005 (VIS 2005)
 This Article 
 
PDF
HTML
 
 Share 
   
 Bibliographic References 
   
 Add to: 
 
Digg
Furl
Spurl
Blink
Simpy
Google
Del.icio.us
Y!MyWeb
 
 Search 
   
Jorge Luis Williams, University of Idaho
Robert E. Hiromoto, University of Idaho
Traditionally, sort-middle is a technique that has been difficult to attain on clusters because of the tight coupling of geometry and rasterization processes on commodity graphics hardware. In this paper, we describe the implementation of a new sort-middle approach for performing immediate-mode rendering in Chromium. The Chromium Rendering System is used extensively to drive multi-projector displays on PC clusters with inexpensive commodity graphics components. By default, Chromium uses a sort-first approach to distribute rendering work to individual nodes in a PC cluster. While this sort-first approach works effectively in retainedmode rendering, it suffers from various network bottlenecks when rendering in immediate-mode. Current techniques avoid these bottlenecks by sorting vertex data as a pre-processing step and grouping vertices into specific bounding boxes, using Chromium?s bounding box extension. These steps may be expensive, especially if the dataset is dynamic. In our approach, we utilize standard programmable graphics hardware and extend standard APIs to achieve a separation in the rendering pipeline. The pre-processing of vertex data or the grouping of vertices into bounding boxes are not required. Additionally, the amount of OpenGL state commands transmitted through the network are reduced. Our results indicate that the approach can attain twice the frame rates as compared to Chromium?s sort-first approach when rendering in immediatemode.
Index Terms:
Cluster Rendering, Sort-Middle, Multi-Projector, Tile Displays, Immediate-Mode Rendering
Citation:
Jorge Luis Williams, Robert E. Hiromoto, "Sort-Middle Multi-Projector Immediate-Mode Rendering in Chromium," vis, pp.14, 16th IEEE Visualization 2005 (VIS 2005), 2005
Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.


Suggestions