Astromaterials 3D Website and Explorer Application(MSC-27059-1)

Notes: Streaming this data over the web requires a clever approach that avoids transmitting the voxel dataset to the browser and instead simulates the result of viewing each XCT slice using a combination of sprite graphics in the browser canvas and on demand high resolution downloads. This data is rendered in real time in the users browser using WebGL, a technology that enables high performance, hardware-accelerated 3D visualizations in the browser. The result is a performant, lean application that requests from the server only the data required to meet a users expectations. High-fidelity data is streamed on-demand resulting in a very high-quality sample visualization with the lowest possible bandwidth and browsing computer processing power requirements.