Client computing system for and method of receiving cross-platform remote access to 3D graphics applications

摘要

A client computing system in a client-server computing environment includes a client display driver that receives a transmission from a server, decodes graphics commands from the transmission using a client application, executes the functions using a client 3D library stored in a memory of the client, and renders the resulting image data to a display. The client may transmit capability information to the server, allowing the resolution of differences between the graphics application programming interfaces (APIs) supported on the server and the client.

主权项

1. A server computing system for providing cross-platform remote access to three dimensional (3D) graphics applications, the server computing system comprising:
memory for storing a server application having a resident 3D library; a communication interface for receiving a request over a network from a client device to access the server application; and a processor for executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor:
determines that the request from the client device pertains to a graphics call to the resident server 3D library, andencodes the determined graphics call for a resident client 3D library on the client device,wherein the communication interface:
transmits the encoded graphics calls to the client device, the encoded graphics call associated with the request; andexchanges capability information with the client device by sending information regarding the resident server 3D library and/or receiving information regarding the resident client 3D library.