Tales from the Trenches: Developing sciview, a new 3D viewer for the ImageJ community

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Authors: Günther, U.; Harrington, K. I. S.;

doi: 10.2312/visgap.20201112 , 10.48550/arxiv.2004.11897

arXiv: 2004.11897

Tales from the Trenches: Developing sciview, a new 3D viewer for the ImageJ community

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Abstract

ImageJ/Fiji is a widely-used tool in the biomedical community for performing everyday image analysis tasks. However, its 3D viewer component (aptly named 3D Viewer) has become dated and is no longer actively maintained. We set out to create an alternative tool that not only brings modern concepts and APIs from computer graphics to ImageJ, but is designed to be robust to long-term, open-source development. To achieve this we divided the visualization logic into two parts: the rendering framework, scenery, and the user-facing application, sciview. In this paper we describe the development process and design decisions made, putting an emphasis on sustainable development, community building, and software engineering best practises. We highlight the motivation for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) as a target platform for visualisation applications. We conclude by discussing the remaining milestones and strategy for long-term sustainability.

CCS Concepts: Software and its engineering --> Software development techniques; Computing methodologies --> Rendering; Graphics systems and interfaces"

VisGap - The Gap between Visualization Research and Visualization Software

Ulrik Günther and Kyle I. S. Harrington

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Related Organizations

Max Planck Society
Germany
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
United States
University of Idaho
United States
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Germany
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Germany

Keywords

FOS: Computer and information sciences, graphics, Software development techniques, Graphics (cs.GR), Computing methodologies, Rendering, Computer Science - Graphics, Software and its engineering, rendering, Graphics systems and interfaces"

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