What Is OpenGL Volumizer 2?
As the volume of information produced by instrumentation devices and simulation increases in size, complexity, and level of detail, so does the need for better, more powerful interpretation tools. In particular, the requirements for volume-data interpretation software keeps expanding. Utilizing various computational techniques (such as marching cubes, segmentation, region growing, isosurface extraction, flow streamlines, and flow volumes) and visualization techniques (such as 3D texture mapping, ray casting, projected tetrahedra), users demand more interactivity and immersion capabilities with their large volumetric datasets. To help application programmers answer these needs, SGI has developed OpenGLVolumizer2, a software development kit that provides a simple interface to complex hardware features available through OpenGL. OpenGLVolumizer2 is a new design that allows better incorporation and sharing of capabilities across the SGI application programming interfaces (APIs) and facilita
