Distributed 3D rendering system in a multi-agent platform

In this work, we propose a 3D rendering system that distributes rendering tasks across a multi-agent platform. The new approach is based on a multi-agent platform, where the goal is to create a virtual 3D environment. The main task is the rendering of individual objects. Each 3D object must be rendered in a remote unit; the resulting rendering is sent through the network to a 3D visualization process which generates the visualization of the whole 3D environment. The object movement and remote communication requirements have been implemented using a multi-agent system platform. The distributed system is implemented in Windows O.S., using DirectX graphical libraries and JAVA programming. The multi-agent platform used is JADE. The computer connection is a LAN at 100 MBS in a star topology.

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