Adaptive Distributed Simulation of Fluids and Rigid-bodies

We present a framework for the interactive simulation of fluids coupled with rigid bodies that targets heterogeneous distributed computing architectures. Specifically, our proposed approach is well-suited for computer graphics applications that combine servers with large compute capactiy with low-end devices. In this setting, a global large-scale fluid simulation is performed on servers using high-end compute hardware, and local refinement of fluid and rigid body coupling is performed on a client with limited compute resources, such as a tablet or smartphone. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our framework to simulate large and complex scenes involving wind, ocean, and dynamic objects, all while providing plausible interactions through fluid-rigid coupling.