Spatial 3D infrastructure: display-independent software framework, high-speed rendering electronics, and several new displays

Won-Suk Chun; Joshua Napoli; Oliver S. Cossairt; Rick K. Dorval; Deirdre M. Hall; Thomas J. Purtell II; James F. Schooler; Yigal Banker; Gregg E. Favalora

doi:10.1117/12.589320

22 March 2005 Spatial 3D infrastructure: display-independent software framework, high-speed rendering electronics, and several new displays

Won-Suk Chun, Joshua Napoli, Oliver S. Cossairt, Rick K. Dorval, Deirdre M. Hall, Thomas J. Purtell II, James F. Schooler, Yigal Banker, Gregg E. Favalora

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Proceedings Volume 5664, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems XII; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.589320
Event: Electronic Imaging 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We present a software and hardware foundation to enable the rapid adoption of 3-D displays. Different 3-D displays - such as multiplanar, multiview, and electroholographic displays - naturally require different rendering methods. The adoption of these displays in the marketplace will be accelerated by a common software framework. The authors designed the SpatialGL API, a new rendering framework that unifies these display methods under one interface. SpatialGL enables complementary visualization assets to coexist through a uniform infrastructure. Also, SpatialGL supports legacy interfaces such as the OpenGL API. The authors’ first implementation of SpatialGL uses multiview and multislice rendering algorithms to exploit the performance of modern graphics processing units (GPUs) to enable real-time visualization of 3-D graphics from medical imaging, oil & gas exploration, and homeland security. At the time of writing, SpatialGL runs on COTS workstations (both Windows and Linux) and on Actuality’s high-performance embedded computational engine that couples an NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU, an AMD Athlon 64 processor, and a proprietary, high-speed, programmable volumetric frame buffer that interfaces to a 1024 x 768 x 3 digital projector. Progress is illustrated using an off-the-shelf multiview display, Actuality’s multiplanar Perspecta Spatial 3D System, and an experimental multiview display. The experimental display is a quasi-holographic view-sequential system that generates aerial imagery measuring 30 mm x 25 mm x 25 mm, providing 198 horizontal views.

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Won-Suk Chun, Joshua Napoli, Oliver S. Cossairt, Rick K. Dorval, Deirdre M. Hall, Thomas J. Purtell II, James F. Schooler, Yigal Banker, and Gregg E. Favalora "Spatial 3D infrastructure: display-independent software framework, high-speed rendering electronics, and several new displays", Proc. SPIE 5664, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems XII, (22 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.589320

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