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# 2021.03.15 Microscape

Attending: Jason, John, John (JP) Francis, Kyle (?), Erin, J-m

* OSS or Commercial
* Intro
  - Kyle: degree in math. PhD in chemistry. interdiscip. (theater)
    - S/W: can we view MRI/ultrasound in virtual reality. Built engine
    - can stream data over the web, to cell phones. On Amazon. Other microservices.
    - share data, view on different devices, embedded, mac, PC, etc.
  - John:
    - worked as VR dev in industry for 1.5 years
    - joined Scott and other groups. ML PhD.
    - viz & access go hand in hand.
    - nice application to be used as front-end web portal?
* Discussion
  - Kyle: first contract with Kids 
    - feature like zoom call, collaborative viewing
    - can record video of what you see.
    - 3d tools.
    - on the fly in native format
    - (links to FPBioimage, and sciview)
  - 3D?
    - Erin: lots of requests, incl. annotating
    - Can you overly analytics?
      - Only surfaces. No processing like Imaris.
      - Just presentation
    - Simultaneous annotation
    - Adding dropping pins, etc.
    - Game developers! ;)
  - John: Glencoe clients?
    - Erin: Microscopy data. Academia, Pharma.
      - Images acquired planar, stepping through issue.
      - Some are used to working in that way.
  - Triple-A game engine (AAA?)
  - Cowriting grants / sent Glencoe clients away
    - ED: cf. Imaris
    - analytics (segment.) can be larger than image
    - JRS: more on commercial? looking to drive development.
      - OMERO: DMS. Plane rendering system.
  - Data loading
    - John: PNG stacks are fine. Can build a prototype. Money down the line.
    - J-m: how are you loading from S3?
  - Josh: https://blog.openmicroscopy.org/file-formats/community/2020/11/04/zarr-data/
    - May meeting