[vtk-developers] Multiple overlapping volumes

[Elvis Stansvik]

2018-02-26 10:06 GMT+01:00 Elvis Stansvik <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com>:
> Hi folks,
>
> I think I asked about support for rendering multiple overlapping
> volumes a couple of years ago, but can't find the mail.
>
> I just came across this wiki page from June last year:
>
>     https://na-mic.org/wiki/Project_Week_25/Next_Generation_GPU_Volume_Rendering
>
> It mentions that "Multiple volume support is in development at
> Kitware" and lists "Overlapping volumes - multiple inputs to mapper"
> under "Work in progress".
>
> I'm just curious if that work was continued or put on hold.

I should have checked Git history before sending this mail. I now found

    https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/commit/a632f77e3fa955dbf17813a803ddae43a9675021

"Added support for multiple volume inputs in GPUVolumeRayCastMapper".

This is fantastic news! I shall experiment with it ASAP.

Elvis

>
> I also found https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=28&v=ML9_JWAz1kY
> which shows a proof-of-concept in WebGL (uploaded by Steve Pieper).
> Anyone know if the code for that experiment is available? Was it done
> using/on top of VTK.js?
>
> Best regards,
> Elvis