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Hi Jack, > We are interested in driving multiple displays with Java3D on a Linux > cluster like > configuration. I thought of VisAD first and found the visad.collab and > visad.cluster > packages. Are there examples or extra docs on this? As Dave says, the visad.collab package is aimed at linking Displays on multple machines. The visad.cluster package is aimed at displaying data that are so large they need to be distributed across multiple processors in a cluster. Neither is designed to support multiple physical displays connected to m,ultiple processors. Last week at NCSA I spoke briefly with Steve Pietrowicz, author of NCSA Portfolio and a Java3D expert, about this issue. The critical issue is synchronizing Java3D displays in multiple machines, and I'm not sure if anyone has tried. I understand that NCSA is looking into the issue. As of JDK 1.3, I undertand that Java supports multiple physical displays form a single JVM, although I don't know if anyone has used this to drive a multi-wall CAVE. I will raise the issue with the Java3D folks at JavaOne next week. And you may want to raise the issue on the Java3D mailing list. Cheers, Bill ---------------------------------------------------------- Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html
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