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Project Pictor: Citrix Continues To Explore Extreme Graphics

Friday, 27 October 2006 by Michel Roth

Is his blog Jeff Muir talks about what Citrix is (still/again) is doing in the extreme graphics space. He refers to it as Project Pictor. I wonder what even happened to project Ocelot? Anyway, read what Jeff has to say about it:: "As you may have heard, we have a project code-named Pictor. This project is derived from work done with Boeing to improve the responsiveness of OpenGL three dimensional drawing programs (CATIA). The Boeing/Citrix project (codenamed K2) was a large success and proved not only that it was possible to greatly improve the performance, it actually made sense to progress this software to a much wider audience."

"....The thoughts were that it should be possible to remote CAD images over ICA. Somehow, I was supposed to get this working. It became pretty obvious that with no amount of tweaking would it be possible to run decent CAD across ICA. So, that was the common conclusion of most people between 1995 and now that it just was not possible to do intensive graphics remoting. The exception being programs being designed this way from ground up (like 3D games)."

"Now, a group a Citrix has proven it possible to remote existing applications without change. It is not just a demo, it is a working system being used at Boeing. In this case, the hype actually understates the possible reality. The reason I�m writing this is to drum up some interest in Pictor. First, I want you to know it exists. Second, I want you to tell everyone that you want it (if you want it). If you stay silent, there is a good chance that Citrix will focus on other items on the agenda."

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