Interactive parallel visualization of large particle datasets

A dynamic data distribution technique is designed for highlighting a subset of the particle volume. It maintains load balance of the system and minimizes network traffic by reconfiguring the rendering chain. Experiments show that on a given subset, interactive manipulation of the subset usually requires less than 3% of the particles inside the subset to be redistributed among all render nodes. The method can be easily extended to other large datasets such as hydrodynamic turbulence, fluid dynamics, and so on.