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Thanks, BMW! From the docs: # Example In a very simplified example, a client instance (e.g. the Navigation process) will create a 3D scene and "publis

Thanks, BMW! From the docs: # Example In a very simplified example, a client instance (e.g. the Navigation process) will create a 3D scene and "publish" it within the connected RAMSES applications (e.g. the renderer of each HMI). These renderers will "subscribe" to the published scene and show it on the screen. So not just for the giant grids you see at CES. But also applicable to thin clients, LAN party play, art gallery installations, etc.

mschaef 8y ago
My suspicion, particularly with that example, is that this is something they use in their cars to present various interfaces.
- zeotroph 8y ago
  Any guess as to what type of network layer they use there? I thought cables are short enough in a car that they can attached the displays directly to rendering hardware. Are there other advantages? Provide a fallback in case one render process fails?
  - mschaef 8y ago
    Not really, but car manufacturers have actively used network based electronics for easily twenty years or more. (In the early 2000's, I did some work on CAN interfaces for PC's that were often used to connect them to car hardware.) The network simplifies the wiring and reduces the amount of wire used. Material cost reductions across the life of the car (from design to use).
  - regularfry 8y ago
    At one point BMW were very into their fibre networks in-car, but I think they moved away from that for reliability. EDIT: here it is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOST_Bus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOST_Bus
Flow 8y ago
# Example In a very simplified example, a client instance (e.g. the Navigation process) will create a 3D scene and "publish" it within the connected RAMSES applications (e.g. the renderer of each HMI). These renderers will "subscribe" to the published scene and show it on the screen.

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Thanks, BMW! From the docs: # Example In a very simplified example, a client instance (e.g. the Navigation process) will create a 3D scene and "publis

by ArtWomb 8y ago

mschaef 8y ago
My suspicion, particularly with that example, is that this is something they use in their cars to present various interfaces.
- zeotroph 8y ago
  Any guess as to what type of network layer they use there? I thought cables are short enough in a car that they can attached the displays directly to rendering hardware. Are there other advantages? Provide a fallback in case one render process fails?
  - mschaef 8y ago
    Not really, but car manufacturers have actively used network based electronics for easily twenty years or more. (In the early 2000's, I did some work on CAN interfaces for PC's that were often used to connect them to car hardware.) The network simplifies the wiring and reduces the amount of wire used. Material cost reductions across the life of the car (from design to use).
  - regularfry 8y ago
    At one point BMW were very into their fibre networks in-car, but I think they moved away from that for reliability. EDIT: here it is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOST_Bus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOST_Bus
Flow 8y ago
# Example In a very simplified example, a client instance (e.g. the Navigation process) will create a 3D scene and "publish" it within the connected RAMSES applications (e.g. the renderer of each HMI). These renderers will "subscribe" to the published scene and show it on the screen.