Interactive Parallel Volume Rendering Using the PVR System

Cláudio T. Silva Fan M. Lok Arie E. Kaufman

Department of Computer Science
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400

• Abstract
• Introduction
• The PVR System
  • The Rendering Engine
  • PVR Commands
    • Basic Commands
    • Cluster Configuration Commands
  • PVR implementation
• Interactivity and Performance Study
  • Paragon/Workstation Communication
  • Performance limits on the Paragon
  • Rendering Performance on the Paragon
  • Interactivity Considerations with PVR
• Conclusions and Future Work
  • Acknowledgments
  • PVR availability
• References