Title :
Distributed scientific video movie making
Author :
Johnston, W.E. ; Hall, D.E. ; Huang, J. ; Rible, M. ; Robertson, D.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
A description is given of a versatile, low-cost, video movie-making system for generating and displaying scientific graphics from remote supercomputers. The system makes video movies by single-frame animation from the output of time-dependent, numerical simulations typically done on supercomputers. It uses extensive data compression to permit its use over wide area, as well as local area networks. The system demonstrates an easily used, elementary visualization capability for time-dependent data in a heterogeneous, distributed computing environment
Keywords :
computer graphic equipment; computer graphics; distributed processing; local area networks; video equipment; data compression; distributed computing environment; distributed scientific video movie making; heterogeneous; local area networks; numerical simulations; remote supercomputers; scientific graphics; single-frame animation; time-dependent data; Animation; Data compression; Data visualization; Distributed computing; Graphics; Local area networks; Motion pictures; Numerical simulation; Supercomputers; Video compression;
Conference_Titel :
Supercomputing '88. [Vol.1]., Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0882-X
DOI :
10.1109/SUPERC.1988.44649
