Update on Cube Loading Performance

Hey EyeWirers,

I have good news to report! Thanks to the sharp eyes of nkem, we’ve identified the cause of the slow cube loading. It turns out that all of the images that load in the cube are being padded with a large amount of excess data. This means that cubes that were formerly 7-12 MB in size, are now between 40-70 MB. The excess data is the result of a programming error that we are tracking down.

We’ll have more to say tomorrow, and I promise that I’ll give you all a run down of the chain of events and what we’re going to do to prevent these issues some time in the next few days. Thank you for your patience and we will do our best to get EyeWire up and running like normal very soon.

Will Silversmith
EyeWire Developer