Author Archives: Christiaan

About Christiaan

Christiaan Gribble is a Research Scientist in the Applied Technology Operation of SURVICE Engineering Company. His research explores the synthesis of interactive visualization and high-performance computing, focusing on algorithms, architectures, and systems for predictive rendering and visual simulation applications. Prior to joining SURVICE in 2012, Gribble held the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Grove City College. He has also served as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Grove City, as a post-doctoral research fellow and research assistant at the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah, and as a research assistant at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Gribble received the BS degree in mathematics from Grove City College in 2000, the MS degree in information networking from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002, and the PhD degree in computer science from the University of Utah in 2006.

v1.3.7 now available

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rtVTK v1.3.7 source code packages and binary installers for Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows systems are now available via the Downloads page.  In addition to a number of bug fixes and general improvements, this release includes a plugin template for invoking GPU kernels using the CUDA runtime API, a collection of plugins leveraging the Rayforce ray tracing engine, and several improvements to components supporting ray state visualization, among others.  The code is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License; additional information is available in the README file.

Read-only access to the rtVTK development repository is also available via HTTP with git:

git clone http://www.rtvtk.org/code/rtVTK.git

v0.9.7 now available

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rtVTK v0.9.7 source code packages and binary installers for Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows systems are now available via the Downloads page.  In addition to a number of bug fixes and general improvements, this release adds several new features, including camera path recording and playback, oneshot rendering from the command line, and command line and per-plugin options processing, among others.  The code is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License; additional information is available in the README file.

Read-only access to the rtVTK development repository is also available via HTTP with git:

git clone http://www.rtvtk.org/code/rtVTK.git

v0.7.6 now available

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rtVTK v0.7.6 source code packages and binary installers for Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows systems are now available via the Downloads page.  In addition to a number of bug fixes and general improvements, this release adds the remaining plugins necessary to generate visualizations similar to those depicted in the i3D 2012 paper.  The code is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License; additional information is available in the README file.

Read-only access to the rtVTK development repository is also available via HTTP with git:

git clone http://www.rtvtk.org/code/rtVTK.git

Follow rtVTK on Twitter

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rtVTK is now on Twitter!  Follow us to stay up-to-date on current releases, recent bug fixes, additional features, and new plugins.


v0.6.0 source code available

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Source code packages for rtVTK v0.6.0 are now available via the Downloads page.  The packages contain the full source code implementation of the core components described in the i3D 2012 paper.  The code is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License; additional information is available in the README file.

Read-only access to the rtVTK development repository is also available via HTTP with git:

git clone http://www.rtvtk.org/code/rtVTK.git