---
_id: '16408'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "We present a parallel rendering system for heterogeneous PC clusters to visualize
    massive models. One single, powerful visualization node is supported by a group
    of backend nodes with weak graphics performance. While the visualization node
    renders the visible objects, the backend nodes asynchronously perform visibility
    tests and supply the front end with visible scene objects. The visualization node
    stores only currently visible objects in its memory, while the scene is distributed
    among the backend nodes’ memory without redundancy. To efficiently compute the
    occlusion tests in spite of that each backend node stores only a fraction of the
    original geometry, we complete the scene by adding highly simplified versions
    of the objects stored on other nodes. We test our system with 15 backend nodes.
    It is able to render a ≈ 350,M polygons (≈ 8.5,GiB) large aircraft model with
    20, to 30,fps and thus allows a walk-through in real-time.\r\n"
author:
- first_name: Tim
  full_name: Suess, Tim
  last_name: Suess
- first_name: Clemens
  full_name: Koch, Clemens
  last_name: Koch
- first_name: Claudius
  full_name: Jähn, Claudius
  last_name: Jähn
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Fischer, Matthias
  id: '146'
  last_name: Fischer
- first_name: Friedhelm
  full_name: Meyer auf der Heide, Friedhelm
  id: '15523'
  last_name: Meyer auf der Heide
citation:
  ama: 'Suess T, Koch C, Jähn C, Fischer M, Meyer auf der Heide F. Asynchronous Occlusion
    Culling on Heterogeneous PC Clusters for Distributed 3D Scenes. In: <i>Advances
    in Visual Computing</i>. Vol 7431. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. ; 2012:502-512.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48">10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48</a>'
  apa: Suess, T., Koch, C., Jähn, C., Fischer, M., &#38; Meyer auf der Heide, F. (2012).
    Asynchronous Occlusion Culling on Heterogeneous PC Clusters for Distributed 3D
    Scenes. <i>Advances in Visual Computing</i>, <i>7431</i>, 502–512. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48</a>
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Suess_Koch_Jähn_Fischer_Meyer auf der Heide_2012, place={Berlin,
    Heidelberg}, series={Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, title={Asynchronous Occlusion
    Culling on Heterogeneous PC Clusters for Distributed 3D Scenes}, volume={7431},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48">10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48</a>},
    booktitle={Advances in Visual Computing}, author={Suess, Tim and Koch, Clemens
    and Jähn, Claudius and Fischer, Matthias and Meyer auf der Heide, Friedhelm},
    year={2012}, pages={502–512}, collection={Lecture Notes in Computer Science} }'
  chicago: Suess, Tim, Clemens Koch, Claudius Jähn, Matthias Fischer, and Friedhelm
    Meyer auf der Heide. “Asynchronous Occlusion Culling on Heterogeneous PC Clusters
    for Distributed 3D Scenes.” In <i>Advances in Visual Computing</i>, 7431:502–12.
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48</a>.
  ieee: 'T. Suess, C. Koch, C. Jähn, M. Fischer, and F. Meyer auf der Heide, “Asynchronous
    Occlusion Culling on Heterogeneous PC Clusters for Distributed 3D Scenes,” in
    <i>Advances in Visual Computing</i>, 2012, vol. 7431, pp. 502–512, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48">10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48</a>.'
  mla: Suess, Tim, et al. “Asynchronous Occlusion Culling on Heterogeneous PC Clusters
    for Distributed 3D Scenes.” <i>Advances in Visual Computing</i>, vol. 7431, 2012,
    pp. 502–12, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48">10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48</a>.
  short: 'T. Suess, C. Koch, C. Jähn, M. Fischer, F. Meyer auf der Heide, in: Advances
    in Visual Computing, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012, pp. 502–512.'
date_created: 2020-04-06T07:40:57Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:52:50Z
department:
- _id: '63'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33179-4_48
intvolume: '      7431'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 502-512
place: Berlin, Heidelberg
publication: Advances in Visual Computing
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9783642331787'
  - '9783642331794'
  issn:
  - 0302-9743
  - 1611-3349
publication_status: published
series_title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
status: public
title: Asynchronous Occlusion Culling on Heterogeneous PC Clusters for Distributed
  3D Scenes
type: conference
user_id: '15415'
volume: 7431
year: '2012'
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