<s>
Sun	B-Device
Visualization	I-Device
System	I-Device
was	O
a	O
sharable	O
visualization	O
product	O
introduced	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
January	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
other	O
Sun	O
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
Sun	O
servers	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
Sun	B-Protocol
Ray	I-Protocol
Ultra-Thin	O
Clients	O
,	O
and	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Device
Visualization	I-Device
System	I-Device
software	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
several	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
technologies	I-License
:	O
Chromium	B-Library
to	O
perform	O
distributed	O
3D	O
rendering	O
,	O
VirtualGL	B-Protocol
to	O
re-route	O
3D	O
rendering	O
jobs	O
to	O
arbitrary	O
graphics	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
TurboVNC	O
to	O
deliver	O
the	O
rendered	O
3D	O
images	O
to	O
a	O
client	O
or	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
sponsored	O
and/or	O
contributed	O
changes	O
back	O
to	O
these	O
projects	O
throughout	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
the	O
Sun	B-Device
Visualization	I-Device
System	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
The	O
VirtualGL	B-Protocol
project	O
reported	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
discontinuing	O
the	O
Sun	O
Shared	O
Visualization	O
and	O
Sun	O
Scalable	O
Visualization	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	O
Shared	O
Visualization	O
software	O
consisted	O
of	O
VirtualGL	B-Protocol
,	O
TurboVNC	O
,	O
a	O
proprietary	O
plugin	O
to	O
allow	O
VirtualGL	B-Protocol
to	O
send	O
images	O
directly	O
to	O
Sun	B-Protocol
Ray	I-Protocol
clients	O
,	O
and	O
glueware	O
to	O
allow	O
remote	O
3D	O
rendering	O
jobs	O
to	O
be	O
managed	O
by	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
GridEngine	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	O
Scalable	O
Visualization	O
software	O
contained	O
customized	O
versions	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Library
,	O
OpenSceneGraph	O
,	O
ParaView	B-Language
,	O
and	O
MPI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
contained	O
glueware	O
to	O
allow	O
distributed	O
3D	O
rendering	O
jobs	O
to	O
be	O
managed	O
by	O
Sun	B-Operating_System
GridEngine	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
