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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Multichannel rendering in Kiln v0.4.1 beta. This is a fruit fly brain. Unlike the ones currently all over your feed, it doesn't play Beat Saber. It just sits there, streamed from OME-Zarr in native WebGPU and rendered at full 16-bit precision across four fluorescence channels. #OME-Zarr #WebGPU

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Course on Advanced Real-Time Volume Graphics from #SIGGRAPH 2026 (Zellmann, Sahistan, Wald) is available at: dvr-course.github.io

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Advanced Real-Time Volume Graphics

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Khronos Group @thekhronosgroup.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

The Khronos Group today announced that the KHR_interactivity extension for glTF 2.0 has been submitted for ratification. As interactive 3D content becomes central to a growing range of markets, KHR_interactivity lets creators build portable, self-contained […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

KHR_interactivity extension submitted for ratification

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Kiln (0.4.0-beta) is available. Main new feature of this version is the initial support for multichannel datasets. Currently 4 channels max. Several other improvements on streaming, rendering, internals. Documentation and examples: github.com/MPanknin/kil... #WebGPU #OME-Zarr #Microscopy

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sneak preview of upcoming multichannel support in Kiln. The initial implementation focuses on basic channel rendering. Per-channel visibility, color, and leveling. More advanced controls will follow. Side note: I have no idea what I'm looking at, but it's fun. #WebGPU #OME-Zarr

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 30/06/2026

The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here… On June 29, 2026, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory officially began the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)! 🔭🧪☄️🌌 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/action-...

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Garrett Johnson @gkjohnson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Slowly getting some additional annotations & metadata from vector tiles in 3DTilesRendererJS. Here, icons are layered on top of Google Photorealistic Tiles data so you can find landmarks & restaurants as you navigate. Road labels are up next! 🗺️

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Khronos Group @thekhronosgroup.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Khronos has formed a Volumetric Media Subgroup to extend glTF for interoperability across the volumetric pipeline — capture, encoding, streaming, and playback. The effort includes a liaison agreement with the Volumetric Format Association, which will adopt glTF […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Khronos extending glTF to handle volumetric media

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Volumetric exploration of multi-resolution CryoET data in native WebGPU. Kiln (0.3.0) adds float32 support, OME-Zarr v0.4, slice views and more. github.com/MPanknin/kil... Vibrio cholerae tomogram from CryoET Data Portal. cryoetdataportal.czscience.com #WebGPU #OME-Zarr #CryoET

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Eugene Katrukha 🇺🇦 @ekatrukha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New release of #BigVolumeBrowser (0.1.1) adds support for (multiscale) OME-Zarr (thanks to libraries from @bogovicj.bsky.social, Stefan Hahmann, Vladimir Ulman). And midi gizmo navigation (from @herrsaalfeld.bsky.social ), shown below.

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Kiln (0.2.1) is part of the ecosystem. The project was accepted to the OME-NGFF tools registry. It's now a recognized viewer for OME-Zarr datasets alongside other established tools from this domain. Thanks @ OME community for the listing. ngff.openmicroscopy.org/resources/to... #webgpu #ome-zarr

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Tools — NGFF documentation

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Small update from Kilian. Kiln (0.2.1) is now available on npm. I refactored the internals into what I’d now consider a stable and usable API surface and published the initial package. New official address of our friend Kilian: www.npmjs.com/package/kiln... #webgpu #volume-rendering #ome-zarr

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Small update from Kilian. Kiln (0.2.0) now supports local filesystem streaming, auto-leveling from dataset metadata, improved OME-Zarr handling (v0.5 uint8/unit16) and a few improvements on the UI. github.com/MPanknin/kil... #webgpu #volume-rendering #ome-zarr

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Eugene Katrukha 🇺🇦 @ekatrukha.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The new release of #BigVolumeBrowser (0.1.0) finally adds animation render functionality to it, plus some other navigation improvements and bug fixes. Here is a movie I've made for the microtubule network (via ExM) in different cell types. Contact me if you want it for educational/research purposes.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🎬 Just dropped: our latest video! If you’re new to volume EM, a non-scientist, or a scientist from another field, this video is a great place to start. #vEM #volumeelectronmicroscopy #volumeemcommunity www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJmW...

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Overview of Volume Electron Microscopy

YouTube video by Volume EM Community

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Kiln also has experimental OME-Zarr support. This is the Beechnut — a 3 GB micro-CT scan streamed directly from a public OME-Zarr store into the browser. No preprocessing, no conversion. github.com/MPanknin/kil... #WebGPU #OMEZarr #VolumeRendering

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Martin Panknin @mpanknin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Meet Kilian. A 2 GB CT scan of a chameleon — rendering in the browser in a few hundred milliseconds. Built with Kiln: a WebGPU-native out-of-core volume renderer. Bricked volume storage, GPU memory virtualization, LRU streaming, compute shader ray marching. Open source: github.com/MPanknin/kil...

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