Well, that sounds very much like the R-Cast system I am working on, aside from
the Win32 part.
Why Win32? Java seems much more appropriate for this. The amount of time spent
in communication vs. time calculating the communication vs. time rendering, etc.

R-Cast is at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/4453/rfarm/

I agree, though, that the raytracer in Java is not the best application for
either at the moment.

"John M. Dlugosz" wrote:

> Re distributed computing of POV:
>
> For massive render projects, why not just use the existing "start row" /
> "end row" ability to have
> each machine, running existing POV binaries of the proper flavor, render an
> assigned stripe?
> I'd just as soon put such effort into a Win32 native tool to automate this.
> For example, Volenteers run a "server" application, and the rendermaster
> then assigns stripes to all servers, and gives them more work when complete.
> In exchage the doners get access to a private web site to see the latest
> creations first.  The render doner applet would run as a tray icon, and
> users could use that to "freeze" if low priority wasn't enough and he really
> wanted the background activity to stop; "quit" in case he changed his mind
> or ran into problems, and "view" so he could find out what was going on.
>
> --John
>
> Mike Crowe wrote in message <36D### [at] goldinccom>...
> >
> >
> >Keiron Liddle wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a Java version of Povray? Is one being planned by anyone?
> >
> >Well I have the same question.  I am interested in Java Distributed
> >computing.  I think that ray tracing might be a good candidate for this
> >type of computing.  I have approximately 10 healthy PC's at the office
> >with a 100BaseT interconnect.  What would be the best platform/version
> >to perform the port from?  I've looked at the MSDOS code an have seen
> >that it is very well documented and very object oriented already.  Being
> >as I have a limited number of hours to contribute to porting the code to
> >a distributed java environment, how do I contact people of a like mind
> >to work toward similar goals?
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >

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