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"VOX" is an acronym for <u>VO</u>lume e<u>X</u>plorer, and it describes the volume rendering frameworks for the desktop (DeskVOX) and CAVE-like virtual environments (CaveVOX). VOX uses the volume rendering library Virvo. "Virvo" is an acronym for <u>VI</u>rtual <u>R</u>eality <u>VO</u>lume Rendering. | "VOX" is an acronym for <u>VO</u>lume e<u>X</u>plorer, and it describes the volume rendering frameworks for the desktop (DeskVOX) and CAVE-like virtual environments (CaveVOX). VOX uses the volume rendering library Virvo. "Virvo" is an acronym for <u>VI</u>rtual <u>R</u>eality <u>VO</u>lume Rendering. | ||
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A more recent video from the Brown Cave can be found [../doe-pnnl/VolVisProgram.mp4 here (MPEG4 w/audio, 20MB)]. | A more recent video from the Brown Cave can be found [../doe-pnnl/VolVisProgram.mp4 here (MPEG4 w/audio, 20MB)]. | ||
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In order to download the source code from the version control system (SVN) you need to do the following from a Cygwin or Unix command line: | In order to download the source code from the version control system (SVN) you need to do the following from a Cygwin or Unix command line: | ||
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svn co https://deskvox.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/deskvox/trunk deskvox | svn co https://deskvox.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/deskvox/trunk deskvox | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 12 August 2011
"VOX" is an acronym for VOlume eXplorer, and it describes the volume rendering frameworks for the desktop (DeskVOX) and CAVE-like virtual environments (CaveVOX). VOX uses the volume rendering library Virvo. "Virvo" is an acronym for VIrtual Reality VOlume Rendering.
The goal of the VOX and Virvo projects is to provide interactive direct volume rendering on desktop computers and in virtual environments. VOX and Virvo have been developed in the Cave at Brown University, and in the CUBE in the Virtual Environments Lab at the High Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart.
You can view a [screenshot.htm screen shot] of DeskVOX or read a more [description.htm detailed description], or you can download an [movies/virvo-in-cube.mpg MPEG movie (28 MB)] of the Virvo virtual reality viewer as it is used in the CUBE. There is also a video of the VR transfer function editor, which is related to the IPTW/EGVE publication. The following movie formats are available for download: [movies/TFE-Demo.mpg 22MB MPEG-1], [movies/TFE-Demo.avi 15MB AVI], [movies/TFE-Demo-mpeg4.avi 6 MB MPEG-4].
A more recent video from the Brown Cave can be found [../doe-pnnl/VolVisProgram.mp4 here (MPEG4 w/audio, 20MB)].
DeskVOX is open source software available for Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems. The source code can be downloaded from the Deskvox page at Sourceforge. Its GUI uses the FOX Toolkit API. The Windows version auto-installs thanks to NSIS.
In order to download the source code from the version control system (SVN) you need to do the following from a Cygwin or Unix command line:
svn co https://deskvox.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/deskvox/trunk deskvox
CaveVOX is based on Brown's in-house Cave framework and cannot be downloaded here. Permission to use CaveVOX may be granted on a case-by-case basis; please contact the author.
An older version of Deskvox, which used a Java AWT/Swing GUI and the Java Native Interface to call Virvo's C routines is available [release/Java-Deskvox.zip here].
Here you can download the latest releases of DeskVOX:
| Version | Windows | Linux | Apple | Info | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.01b |
[release/DeskVOX2_01b.exe DeskVOX2_01b.exe (1.7MB)] |
[deskvox-mac/install.htm Deskvox4Mac] |
[release/deskvox2_01b.txt info] |
2006-04-22File:New.gif | |
| 2.01b |
[release/deskvox2_01b.tar.gz deskvox2_01b.tar.gz (1.6MB)] |
[release/deskvox2_01b.txt info] |
2005-05-13 | ||
| 2.00b |
[release/DeskVOX2_00b.exe DeskVOX2_00b.exe (2.4MB)] |
[release/deskvox2_00b.tar.gz deskvox2_00b.tar.gz (1.4MB)] |
[release/deskvox2_00b.txt info] |
2005-01-05 |
Here's a tip for the Windows version of DeskVOX: Volume files can be passed to the program by drag-and-drop on the program icon. Or, for even greater convenience, you can create an entry in the Explorer's View/Options/FileType list, so that you can display volume files with a double-click on the file.
Here are a few [volumes.zip example volume files (1.4 MB)] to start with.
You will find more on the Tübingen Volume Visualization page: either rename the files from '.raw' to '.dat' and use VConv to convert them to Virvo files, or you can dowload them in Virvo format here:
[volvis/aneurism.zip aneurism.zip (309 KB)], [volvis/bonsai.zip bonsai.zip (3296 KB)], [volvis/engine.zip engine.zip (3138 KB)], [volvis/foot.zip foot.zip (4413 KB)], [volvis/fuel.zip fuel.zip (6 KB)], [volvis/hydrogen-atom.zip hydrogen-atom.zip (98 KB)], [volvis/lobster.zip lobster.zip (1923 KB)], [volvis/marschnerlobb.zip marschnerlobb.zip (36 KB)], [volvis/neghip.zip neghip.zip (78 KB)], [volvis/nucleon.zip nucleon.zip (18 KB)], [volvis/shockwave.zip shockwave.zip (70 KB)], [volvis/silicium.zip silicium.zip (35 KB)], [volvis/skull.zip skull.zip (9917 KB)], [volvis/statue-leg.zip statue-leg.zip (1750 KB)].
To write a script and create images which can later be merged to a movie clip, here are [moviescripts.zip two example Virvo movie script files (.vms) (1 KB)]:
- fullrot180.vms rotates the data set by 360 degrees in 180 time steps.
- timesteps.vms switches through 8 time steps of a volume animation.
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