Alan Smith Grid Computng with 256 Windows Azure Worker Roles & Kinect

Render Times FilmRender Hours Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 30,000,000 3,400 years Monsters vs. Aliens 40,000,000 5,500 years Some of the frames required for Devastator in Transformers 2 took up to 72 hours.

viewpoint { from at up angle 60 resolution 640, 480 aspect 1.6 image_format 0 } light object { disc,, 30 wooden } object { sphere, 1.00 chrome } object { cylinder,, 0.50 chrome }

Depth Range Kinect Sensor

267 seconds * 2000 frames = 6 days 4 hours

On-Premise Computing Costs NodesCost 1$500 10$5, $50, $500,000 10,000$5,000,000 Assuming a cost of $500 per node

Cloud Computing Costs NodesHoursCost 110,000$1, ,000$1, $1,200 1,00010$1,200 Theoretical compute cost for a 10,000 hour render job

Windows Azure Compute – Worker Roles Azure Storage Job Queue Blob Storage Frame Queue On-Premise Animation Creator Process Monitor Encode Queue Depth Images Scene Files Frames Websites Media Services

Technologies Used Windows Azure Worker Roles Windows Azure Storage – Blobs, Queue, Tables Windows Azure Media Services Windows Azure Websites