PIX - AN OBJECT-ORIENTED NETWORK GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT

Citation
Dl. Huynh et al., PIX - AN OBJECT-ORIENTED NETWORK GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT, Computers & graphics, 17(3), 1993, pp. 295-304
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences, Special Topics","Computer Applications & Cybernetics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00978493
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
295 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0097-8493(1993)17:3<295:P-AONG>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This paper describes PIX, a system to enhance X with PHIGS' three dime nsional graphics capability. Our goal is to provide the user with the conveniences and features of PHIGS-which is an international standard for 3D computer graphics programming-in a network-oriented, hardware-i ndependent environment. To ensure portability of our system, we have d esigned and implemented PIX under the X Window System, a network-trans parent windowing system developed at MIT. Some of PIX's important and unique features are: an object-oriented data structure design, a netwo rk-oriented system architecture, separable server processes to take ad vantage of a dedicated 3D graphics hardware. In particular, simulation s with the 3DP, a three Dimensional Processor developed at Computer Mo tion Inc., have indicated promising potential for PIX to evolve into a high performance graphics system.