2023 IEEE Scientific Visualization Contest Winner: VisAnywhere: Developing Multiplatform Scientific Visualization Applications

Scientists often explore and analyze large-scale scientific simulation data by leveraging 2-D and 3-D visualizations. The data and tasks can be complex and therefore best supported using myriad display technologies, from mobile devices to large high-resolution display walls to virtual reality headsets. Using a simulation of neuron connections in the human brain provided for the 2023 IEEE Scientific Visualization Contest, we present our work leveraging various web technologies to create a multiplatform scientific visualization application. Users can spread visualization and interaction across multiple devices to support flexible user interfaces and both colocated and remote collaboration. Drawing inspiration from responsive web design principles, this work demonstrates that a single codebase can be adapted to develop scientific visualization applications that operate everywhere.