“Vox-Cells: Voxel-based Visualization Of Volume Data For Enhanced Understanding And Exploration In Virtual Reality (VR)” by Hughes, Strong and McGhee

  • ©Rowan T. Hughes, Campbell Strong, and John B. McGhee

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Entry Number: 30

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    Vox-Cells: Voxel-based Visualization Of Volume Data For Enhanced Understanding And Exploration In Virtual Reality (VR)

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    We present Vox-Cells, a volume visualization framework designed for real-time volume investigation and exploration. We seek to treat data as a first-class citizen with a 1:1 relationship between the data and its corresponding representation. CPU-GPU transfer is minimized, and novel approaches to volume construction and lighting are explored in order to maximize performance for deployment on consumer grade Virtual Reality (VR) Head-mounted displays (HMD).

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