3D visualization of data on mobile devices

Abstract

This paper discusses current status and recent advancements of 3D graphics on mobile platforms and describes an application that is used for 3D visualization of data on such platforms. The implementation of a 3D visualization renderer on the Symbian platform for mobile devices is written as a C++ application and based on the DieselEngine as a rendering engine. 3D visualization of data is generated in the form of a VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) file so this application can also be considered as a VRML browser. This means that actually any kind of 3D content written in VRML file format can be rendered on such a device. The implementation was tested on the Sony Ericsson P800 mobile device. It was the result of a project whose main objective was to provide a user interface on a mobile platform displaying visualization of hierarchical Grid monitoring data.