Index

2D decomposition
Screen Decomposition

2D tiles
Hardware Spatial Composition Schemes

3D decomposition
Data Streaming

accumulation techniques
Pixel-Based Decomposition

attributes data structure
The channel Data Structure

blending
Pixel-Based Decomposition

Cave facility
A Reality Center Facility

channel attributes
The channel Data Structure

channel data structures
configuration file format
The channel Data Structure
functional view
The channel Data Structure

channels (See data structures.)
Framebuffer Resources

compositors (See Scalable Graphics Compositor.)
Integrated Support for Scalable Graphics Hardware

compound data structures
configuration file format
The compound Data Structure
functional view
Building Compounds

compounds (See decomposition and compound data structures.)
Compounds

config data structures
configuration file format
The config Data Structure
functional view
The config Data Structure

configuration file
channel data structure
The channel Data Structure
comments (#)
Specifying Comments (#)
compound data structure
The compound Data Structure
config data structure
The config Data Structure
The config Data Structure
delimiters
Specifying Delimiters
field types
Specifying Values within a Field
file format
File Format
global data structure
Specifying Global Attributes
pipe data structure
The pipe Data Structure
sample
A Sample Configuration File
window data structure
The window Data Structure

cull decomposition
Scalable Rendering
Cull Decomposition

cut-ins
Hardware Spatial Composition Schemes

data streaming
Data Streaming

data structures
attributes (channel)
The channel Data Structure
channel
The channel Data Structure
The channel Data Structure
compound
Building Compounds
The compound Data Structure
config
The config Data Structure
The config Data Structure
functional view
Framebuffer Resources
global
Specifying Global Attributes
hierarchy
The config Data Structure
pipe
The pipe Data Structure
The pipe Data Structure
syntax
Specifying MPK Data Structures
window
The window Data Structure
The window Data Structure

database decomposition
Database Decomposition

DB decomposition
Database Decomposition

decomposition
building compounds
Building Compounds
cull decomposition
Scalable Rendering
Cull Decomposition
frame decomposition
Frame Decomposition
database
Database Decomposition
eye
Eye Decomposition
head-mounted-device (HMD)
Eye Decomposition
screen
Screen Decomposition
guidelines for choosing mode
Choosing the Right Decomposition Model
hardware decomposition
Hardware Spatial Composition Schemes
list of schemes
Building Compounds
multilevel decomposition
Multilevel Decomposition
overview
Run-Time Scalability
Compounds
Scalable Rendering
pixel-based decomposition (FSAA)
Pixel-Based Decomposition
temporal decomposition
Temporal Decomposition
data streaming
Data Streaming
frame multiplexing
Frame Multiplexing

destination channels
Scalable Rendering

DisplayHeight() function
The pipe Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes
Specifying Global Attributes

DisplayWidth() function
The pipe Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

DPLEX (See Video Digital Multiplexer.)
Integrated Support for Scalable Graphics Hardware

DPLEX decomposition
Frame Multiplexing
Using MPK with a DPLEX

eye decomposition
Eye Decomposition

frame decomposition
Frame Decomposition

frame multiplexing
Frame Multiplexing

framebuffer resources
Framebuffer Resources

frusta
immersive environments
A Frustum in Immersive Environments
orthographic
Orthographic Versus Perspective Frusta
perspective
Orthographic Versus Perspective Frusta

FSAA (See full-scene antialiasing.)
Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA) Decomposition
General Capabilities

full-scene antialiasing (FSAA)
Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA) Decomposition
General Capabilities

functions
DisplayHeight()
The pipe Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes
Specifying Global Attributes
DisplayWidth()
The pipe Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes
glXChooseFBConfigSGIX()
Specifying Global Attributes
glXChooseVisual()
Specifying Global Attributes
mpkChannelPassData()
Specifying Global Attributes
mpkChannelPutData()
Specifying Global Attributes
mpkChannelSetNearFar()
Specifying Global Attributes
Specifying Global Attributes
mpkConfigFrameData()
Specifying Global Attributes
mpkInit()
Specifying Global Attributes
mpkSwapBuffers()
Specifying Global Attributes
mpkWindowUpdatePixelViewport()
Specifying Global Attributes
Specifying Global Attributes

global attributes
format
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CATTR_READ_COLOR_FORMAT
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CATTR_READ_COLOR_TYPE
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CATTR_READ_DEPTH_FORMAT
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CATTR_READ_DEPTH_TYPE
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CATTR_READ_STENCIL_FORMAT
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CATTR_READ_STENCIL_TYPE
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CHANNEL_PASS_CACHE_SIZE
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CHANNEL_PUT_CACHE_SIZE
Specifying Global Attributes
MPK_CONFIG_FRAME_CACHE_SIZE
Specifying Global Attributes
table of
Specifying Global Attributes

global data structures
configuration file format
Specifying Global Attributes
global attributes
Specifying Global Attributes

glXChooseFBConfigSGIX() function
Specifying Global Attributes

glXChooseVisual(3G) function
Specifying Global Attributes

hardware composition schemes
Hardware Spatial Composition Schemes

head-mounted-device (HMD) decomposition
Eye Decomposition

HMD (See head-mounted-device (HMD) decomposition.)
Eye Decomposition

horizontal stripes
Hardware Spatial Composition Schemes

immersive environments (See projection systems.)
A Reality Center Facility

InfinitePerformance graphics systems
Using MPK with an SGI Scalable Graphics Compositor

InfiniteReality graphics systems
Frame Multiplexing

latency
Building Compounds

load balancing
auto load balancing
Automatic Load Balancing for Compounds
Building Compounds
The compound Data Structure
general
Building Compounds

mirrored projection systems
The channel Data Structure

MPK_CATTR_FAR global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CATTR_NEAR global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CATTR_READ_COLOR_FORMAT global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CATTR_READ_COLOR_TYPE global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CATTR_READ_DEPTH_FORMAT global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CATTR_READ_DEPTH_TYPE global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CATTR_READ_STENCIL_FORMAT global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CATTR_READ_STENCIL_TYPE global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CHANNEL_PASS_CACHE_SIZE global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CHANNEL_PUT_CACHE_SIZE global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_CONFIG_FRAME_CACHE_SIZE global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_DEFAULT_EYE_OFFSET global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_DEFAULT_RUNON_POLICY global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_PATTR_MONO_HEIGHT global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes
The window Data Structure

MPK_PATTR_MONO_WIDTH global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_PATTR_STEREO_HEIGHT global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_PATTR_STEREO_OFFSET global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_PATTR_STEREO_TYPE global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_PATTR_STEREO_WIDTH global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_CAVEAT global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_DECORATION global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_DIRECT global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_DOUBLEBUFFER global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_DRAWABLE global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_LARGEST global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_PRESERVED global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_RGBA global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_STEREO global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_THREAD global attribute
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_TRANSPARENT global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_VISUAL global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_X_RENDERABLE global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_HINTS_XINERAMA global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_ACCUM_ALPHA global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_ACCUM_BLUE global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_ACCUM_GREEN global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_ACCUM_RED global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_ALPHA global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_AUX global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_BLUE global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_COLOR global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_DEPTH global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_GREEN global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_LEVEL global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_RED global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_SAMPLES global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_PLANES_STENCIL global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_TRANSPARENT_ALPHA global attribute
The window Data Structure

MPK_WATTR_TRANSPARENT_BLUE global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_TRANSPARENT_GREEN global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_WATTR_TRANSPARENT_INDEX global attribute
The window Data Structure

MPK_WATTR_TRANSPARENT_RED global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

MPK_XINERAMA global attribute
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

mpkChannelPassData() function
Specifying Global Attributes

mpkChannelPutData() function
Specifying Global Attributes

mpkChannelSetNearFar() function
Specifying Global Attributes
Specifying Global Attributes

mpkConfigFrameData() function
Specifying Global Attributes

mpkInit() function
Specifying Global Attributes

mpkWindowSwapBuffers() function
Specifying Global Attributes

mpkWindowUpdatePixelViewport() function
Specifying Global Attributes
Specifying Global Attributes

multilevel decomposition
Multilevel Decomposition

multipass rendering
Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA) Decomposition

orthographic frusta
Orthographic Versus Perspective Frusta

parallel processing
Scalable Rendering

perspective frusta
Orthographic Versus Perspective Frusta

pipe data structures
configuration file format
The pipe Data Structure
functional view
The pipe Data Structure

pipes (See data structures.)
Framebuffer Resources

pixel-based decomposition (FSAA)
Pixel-Based Decomposition

processor assignment
Specifying Global Attributes
The config Data Structure
The window Data Structure

product components
Components of MPK

projection model coordinates
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates

projection systems
Cave facility
A Reality Center Facility
frusta
A Frustum in Immersive Environments
modeling methods
Two Modeling Methods
RESPONSIVE WORKBENCH facility
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings
SGI Reality Center facility
A Reality Center Facility
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings
TAN HOLOBENCH facility
A Reality Center Facility
Specifying Wall Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings
TANORAMA POWERWALL facility
A Reality Center Facility
Specifying Wall Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings
V-Dome facility
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings

Reality Center facility
A Reality Center Facility
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings

RESPONSIVE WORKBENCH facility
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings

run-on policy
Specifying Global Attributes
The config Data Structure
The window Data Structure

run-time configurability
Run-Time Configurability

scalability
Run-Time Scalability
definition
Building Compounds
full-scalability feature
Frame Multiplexing
general support
Integrated Support for Scalable Graphics Hardware
hardware solution
Using Scalable Graphics Hardware
MPK implementation
Scalable Rendering

Scalable Graphics Compositor
Integrated Support for Scalable Graphics Hardware
Pixel-Based Decomposition
FSAA Compound Examples
Using Scalable Graphics Hardware
Using MPK with an SGI Scalable Graphics Compositor

screen decomposition
Screen Decomposition

SGI Reality Center facility
A Reality Center Facility
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings

source channels
Scalable Rendering

split-axis method for tiling
How to Enable Automatic Load Balancing

stereo
conditional use of
Stereo-Selective Compounds
general support
Integrated Support for Stereo and Immersive Environments
specifying the mode
Stereo Description
switching on and off
Stereo Description

TAN HOLOBENCH facility
A Reality Center Facility
Specifying Wall Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings

TANORAMA POWERWALL facility
A Reality Center Facility
Specifying Wall Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings

temporal decomposition
Temporal Decomposition

V-Dome facility
Specifying Projection Model Coordinates
Examples of Common Reality Center Settings

vertical stripes
Hardware Spatial Composition Schemes

Video Digital Multiplexer (DPLEX)
Integrated Support for Scalable Graphics Hardware
Frame Multiplexing
Using Scalable Graphics Hardware
The compound Data Structure

visualization facilities (See projection systems.)
A Reality Center Facility

volview application
A Sample Configuration File

wall model coordinates
Specifying Wall Model Coordinates

window attributes
The window Data Structure
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes

window data structures
configuration file format
The window Data Structure
functional view
The window Data Structure

windows (See data structures.)
Framebuffer Resources

workload balance (See load balancing.)
Automatic Load Balancing for Compounds

Xinerama
MPK Specifications
The window Data Structure
Specifying Global Attributes
Specifying Global Attributes