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* Ryan D'Souza (Northern Digital Inc., Canada - External)
 
* Ryan D'Souza (Northern Digital Inc., Canada - External)
 
* Matthew Jolley (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - doesn't know it yet)
 
* Matthew Jolley (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - doesn't know it yet)
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* Slicer/Kitware expert (help needed)
 
* Slicer UI/Rendering expert (help needed)
 
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* HoloLens deemed not worth the effort at this time
 
* HoloLens deemed not worth the effort at this time
 
* Discussion changed to OpenVR integration as a visualization platform from Slicer
 
* Discussion changed to OpenVR integration as a visualization platform from Slicer
** 20% - Upgrade Slicer to VTK >= 553a8bc0dd32889cc0eef49f2462e9b7e7ae81e3 (updated OpenVR support)
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** 30% - Upgrade Slicer to VTK >= 553a8bc0dd32889cc0eef49f2462e9b7e7ae81e3 (updated OpenVR support)
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*** Slicer upgrade to using OpenGL2 backend (required for OpenVR)
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** 20% - Enable support for a single application to instantiate multiple factory overrides of vtkRenderer, vtkRenderWindow, etc...
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*** Subclass ctkVTKRenderView, ctkVTKAbstractView with -> ctkVTKVRRenderView, ctkVTKVRAbstractView such that they instantiate vtkOpenVRRenderer, vtkOpenVRRenderWindow, etc... instead of factory overridden default
 
*** SuperBuild expand to include OpenVR - https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr.git
 
*** SuperBuild expand to include OpenVR - https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr.git
 
*** SuperBuild expand to include SDL2 - https://github.com/spurious/SDL-mirror.git
 
*** SuperBuild expand to include SDL2 - https://github.com/spurious/SDL-mirror.git
** 20% - Enable support for a single application to instantiate multiple factory overrides of vtkRenderer, vtkRenderWindow, etc...
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** 50% - Extend Slicer to use new OpenVR related classes
*** Subclass ctkVTKRenderView, ctkVTKAbstractView with -> ctkVTKVRRenderView, ctkVTKVRAbstractView such that they instantiate vtkOpenVRRenderer, vtkOpenVRRenderWindow, etc... instead of factory overridden default
 
** 60% - Extend Slicer to use new OpenVR related classes
 
 
*** Create classes qMRMLVRView, qMRMLVRWidget, etc...
 
*** Create classes qMRMLVRView, qMRMLVRWidget, etc...
 
*** Update layout manager to support new view type
 
*** Update layout manager to support new view type

Latest revision as of 17:09, 15 January 2017

Home < 2017 Winter Project Week < Slicer VR

Key Investigators

  • Adam Rankin (Robarts Research Institute, Canada)
  • Ryan D'Souza (Northern Digital Inc., Canada - External)
  • Matthew Jolley (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - doesn't know it yet)
  • Slicer/Kitware expert (help needed)
  • Slicer UI/Rendering expert (help needed)

Project Description

Objective Approach and Plan Progress and Next Steps
  • Discuss with other interested parties the value of HoloLens integration
  • HoloLens deemed not worth the effort at this time
  • Discussion changed to OpenVR integration as a visualization platform from Slicer
    • 30% - Upgrade Slicer to VTK >= 553a8bc0dd32889cc0eef49f2462e9b7e7ae81e3 (updated OpenVR support)
      • Slicer upgrade to using OpenGL2 backend (required for OpenVR)
    • 20% - Enable support for a single application to instantiate multiple factory overrides of vtkRenderer, vtkRenderWindow, etc...
    • 50% - Extend Slicer to use new OpenVR related classes
      • Create classes qMRMLVRView, qMRMLVRWidget, etc...
      • Update layout manager to support new view type

Background and References