An open and scalable architecture for delivering 3D shared visualization services to heterogeneous devices

摘要

Shared visualization environments represent an effective means to enhance collaborative work in engineering and scientific design tasks. The availability of high-speed networks allows researchers to work together from geographically distributed locations, and mobile devices are able to carry out ubiquitous 3D visualization tasks through wireless network connections. This paper presents a scalable architecture for the delivery of shared 3D visualization services to heterogeneous terminals ranging from powerful workstations to mobile devices such as PDAs and smart-phones. The framework design allows both desktop and mobile clients to simultaneously visualize the same model by sharing a common view. Remote-rendering servers support effective visualization on thin clients, and a load balancing mechanism provides efficient resource usage.