From: A substrate for modular, extensible data-visualization
Layer name | Description | Useful for... |
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AxisLayer | Contains an RGB axis at the scene origin | ...orienting the user in space |
GraphLayer | A graph renderer with support for many millions of nodes or edges | ...complex networks |
ImageLayer | Import 2D images and render them as a plane | ...displaying static iamgery |
LightingLayer | Three-point lighting scheme, as commonly used in film and 3D graphics | ...easy lighting setups |
LineSegmentsLayer | A list of line segments to be rendered individually | ...paths or wireframes |
MeshLayer | Arbitrary 3D meshes, imported in common file formats such as OBJ | ...arbitrary 3D solids |
ScatterLayer | Point-clouds of many millions of points | ...colored scatter plots |
VolumeLayer | A visualization of dense 3D voxelwise data | ...rendering volumetric data |