diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 30f825c1..8de832bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test with Chrome
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
         with:
-          start: pnpm run test:ci
-          record: true
+          start: pnpm run test
           component: true
           browser: chrome
         env:
@@ -38,20 +37,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test with Firefox
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
         with:
-          start: pnpm run test:ci
-          record: true
+          start: pnpm run cy:component
           component: true
           browser: firefox
         env:
           CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  # Not quite read for automated publication
-  #- name: Publish
-  #env:
-  #GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  #NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-  #run: |
-  #git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
-  #git config --global user.email "itk+community@discourse.itk.org"
-  #npx semantic-release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f384788..3867053f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
     "setup-micromamba": "setup-micromamba --micromamba-binary-path ./micromamba/micromamba --micromamba-root-path ./micromamba --init-shell none --create-environment true --environment-file environment.yml --log-level info --run-command \"clean -fya\"",
     "start-hypha": "pnpm setup-micromamba && ./micromamba/micromamba run -r micromamba -n itk-viewer hypha --host=127.0.0.1 --port=37580",
     "test": "pnpm test:downloadData && concurrently -n \"hypha,cypress\" --success first -k \"pnpm start-hypha\" \"pnpm cy:component\"",
-    "test:ci": "pnpm test:downloadData && pnpm cy:component:ci",
     "test:downloadData": "node test/downloadData.mjs",
     "cy:watch": "cypress open --component -b chrome",
     "cy:component": "cypress run --component",
-    "cy:component:ci": "cypress run --component --record",
     "cy:component:chrome": "cypress run --component --browser chrome",
     "clean": "git clean -fdx",
     "ci:publish": "pnpm publish -r --access public"
diff --git a/packages/element/examples/view-3d.ts b/packages/element/examples/view-3d.ts
index a423ce66..d9e0825f 100644
--- a/packages/element/examples/view-3d.ts
+++ b/packages/element/examples/view-3d.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ setPipelinesBaseUrl(pipelineBaseUrl);
 
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async function () {
   const imagePath = '/ome-ngff-prototypes/single_image/v0.4/zyx.ome.zarr';
-  // const imagePath = '/ome-ngff-prototypes/single_image/v0.4/tczyx.ome.zarr';
-  // const imagePath = '/astronaut.zarr';
   const url = new URL(imagePath, document.location.origin);
   const image = await ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.fromUrl(url);
 
diff --git a/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d-vtkjs.ts b/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d-vtkjs.ts
index cd2a030e..7155cead 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d-vtkjs.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d-vtkjs.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { SelectorController } from 'xstate-lit';
 import { Actor } from 'xstate';
 
 import { createLogic } from '@itk-viewer/vtkjs/view-2d-vtkjs.js';
-import { SpawnController } from './spawn-controller.js';
+import { dispatchSpawn } from './spawn-controller.js';
 import { Camera } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/camera.js';
 import './itk-camera.js';
 
@@ -15,13 +15,7 @@ type ComponentActor = Actor<ReturnType<typeof createLogic>>;
 export class ItkView2dVtkjs extends LitElement {
   actor: ComponentActor | undefined;
   container: HTMLElement | undefined;
-
-  spawner = new SpawnController(
-    this,
-    'renderer',
-    createLogic(),
-    (actor: ComponentActor) => this.setActor(actor),
-  );
+  dispatched = false;
 
   cameraActor:
     | SelectorController<ComponentActor, Camera | undefined>
@@ -54,6 +48,12 @@ export class ItkView2dVtkjs extends LitElement {
   }
 
   render() {
+    if (!this.dispatched) {
+      dispatchSpawn(this, 'renderer', createLogic(), (actor) =>
+        this.setActor(actor),
+      );
+      this.dispatched = true;
+    }
     return html`
       <itk-camera .actor=${this.cameraActor?.value} class="container">
         <div class="container" ${ref(this.onContainer)}></div>
diff --git a/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d.ts b/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d.ts
index 92c909c0..50d7c9dd 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/itk-view-2d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { View2dActor, view2d } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/view-2d.js';
 import { LitElement, css, html, nothing } from 'lit';
 import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { SelectorController } from 'xstate-lit';
-import { SpawnController, handleLogic } from './spawn-controller.js';
+import { dispatchSpawn, handleLogic } from './spawn-controller.js';
 
 @customElement('itk-view-2d')
 export class ItkView2d extends LitElement {
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ export class ItkView2d extends LitElement {
   scale: SelectorController<View2dActor, number> | undefined;
   scaleCount: SelectorController<View2dActor, number> | undefined;
   slice: SelectorController<View2dActor, number> | undefined;
-
-  spawner = new SpawnController(this, 'view', view2d, (actor: View2dActor) =>
-    this.setActor(actor),
-  );
+  dispatched = false;
 
   constructor() {
     super();
@@ -58,6 +55,11 @@ export class ItkView2d extends LitElement {
   }
 
   render() {
+    if (!this.dispatched) {
+      dispatchSpawn(this, 'view', view2d, (actor) => this.setActor(actor));
+      this.dispatched = true;
+    }
+
     const slice = this.slice?.value ?? 0;
     const scale = this.scale?.value ?? 0;
     const scaleCount = this.scaleCount?.value ?? 1;
diff --git a/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d-vtkjs.ts b/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d-vtkjs.ts
index 7cebee65..157fd236 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d-vtkjs.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d-vtkjs.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ref } from 'lit/directives/ref.js';
 import { Actor } from 'xstate';
 
 import { createLogic } from '@itk-viewer/vtkjs/view-3d-vtkjs.js';
-import { SpawnController } from './spawn-controller.js';
+import { dispatchSpawn } from './spawn-controller.js';
 import { SelectorController } from 'xstate-lit';
 import { Camera } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/camera.js';
 import './itk-camera.js';
@@ -15,13 +15,7 @@ type ComponentActor = Actor<ReturnType<typeof createLogic>>;
 export class ItkView3dVtkjs extends LitElement {
   actor: ComponentActor | undefined;
   container: HTMLElement | undefined;
-
-  spawner = new SpawnController(
-    this,
-    'renderer',
-    createLogic(),
-    (actor: ComponentActor) => this.setActor(actor),
-  );
+  dispatched = false;
 
   cameraActor:
     | SelectorController<ComponentActor, Camera | undefined>
@@ -54,6 +48,13 @@ export class ItkView3dVtkjs extends LitElement {
   }
 
   render() {
+    if (!this.dispatched) {
+      dispatchSpawn(this, 'renderer', createLogic(), (actor) =>
+        this.setActor(actor),
+      );
+      this.dispatched = true;
+    }
+
     return html`
       <itk-camera .actor=${this.cameraActor?.value} class="container">
         <div class="container" ${ref(this.onContainer)}></div>
diff --git a/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d.ts b/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d.ts
index 65694f6d..cccc2aaa 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/itk-view-3d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { View3dActor, view3d } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/view-3d.js';
 import { LitElement, css, html, nothing } from 'lit';
 import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { SelectorController } from 'xstate-lit';
-import { SpawnController, handleLogic } from './spawn-controller.js';
+import { dispatchSpawn, handleLogic } from './spawn-controller.js';
 
 type Actor = View3dActor;
 
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@ export class ItkView3d extends LitElement {
   actor: Actor | undefined;
   scale: SelectorController<Actor, number> | undefined;
   scaleCount: SelectorController<Actor, number> | undefined;
-
-  spawner = new SpawnController(this, 'view', view3d, (actor: Actor) =>
-    this.setActor(actor),
-  );
-
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-  }
+  dispatched = false;
 
   setActor(actor: Actor) {
     this.actor = actor;
@@ -46,6 +39,11 @@ export class ItkView3d extends LitElement {
   }
 
   render() {
+    if (!this.dispatched) {
+      dispatchSpawn(this, 'view', view3d, (actor) => this.setActor(actor));
+      this.dispatched = true;
+    }
+
     const scale = this.scale?.value ?? 0;
     const scaleCount = this.scaleCount?.value ?? 1;
     const scaleOptions = Array.from(
diff --git a/packages/element/src/itk-viewer-3d.ts b/packages/element/src/itk-viewer-3d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b099d40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/element/src/itk-viewer-3d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit';
+import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import { Ref, createRef, ref } from 'lit/directives/ref.js';
+import { ItkViewer } from './itk-viewer-element.js';
+import './itk-viewport.js';
+import './itk-view-3d.js';
+import './itk-view-3d-vtkjs.js';
+
+@customElement('itk-viewer-3d')
+export class ItkViewer3d extends LitElement {
+  viewer: Ref<ItkViewer> = createRef();
+
+  getActor() {
+    return this.viewer.value?.getActor();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return html`
+      <itk-viewer class="fill" ${ref(this.viewer)}>
+        <itk-viewport class="fill">
+          <itk-view-3d class="fill">
+            <itk-view-3d-vtkjs></itk-view-3d-vtkjs>
+          </itk-view-3d>
+        </itk-viewport>
+      </itk-viewer>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  static styles = css`
+    :host {
+      flex: 1;
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+    }
+
+    .fill {
+      flex: 1;
+      min-height: 0;
+      overflow: hidden;
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+    }
+  `;
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    'itk-viewer-3d': ItkViewer3d;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/element/src/itk-viewer-element.ts b/packages/element/src/itk-viewer-element.ts
index 9ffb8d81..719de1ca 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/itk-viewer-element.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/itk-viewer-element.ts
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ import { handleLogic } from './spawn-controller.js';
 
 @customElement('itk-viewer')
 export class ItkViewer extends LitElement {
-  viewer = createActor(viewerMachine).start();
+  actor = createActor(viewerMachine).start();
 
   constructor() {
     super();
   }
 
   getActor() {
-    return this.viewer;
+    return this.actor;
   }
 
   render() {
     return html`
       <h1>Viewer</h1>
-      <slot @viewport=${handleLogic(this.viewer)}></slot>
+      <slot @viewport=${handleLogic(this.actor)}></slot>
     `;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/element/src/itk-viewport.ts b/packages/element/src/itk-viewport.ts
index 34d818bf..6b32ae47 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/itk-viewport.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/itk-viewport.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
 import { LitElement, html } from 'lit';
 import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { viewportMachine, ViewportActor } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/viewport.js';
-import { SpawnController, handleLogic } from './spawn-controller.js';
+import { dispatchSpawn, handleLogic } from './spawn-controller.js';
 
 @customElement('itk-viewport')
 export class ItkViewport extends LitElement {
   actor: ViewportActor | undefined;
-
-  spawner = new SpawnController(
-    this,
-    'viewport',
-    viewportMachine,
-    (actor) => (this.actor = actor),
-  );
-
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-  }
+  dispatched = false;
 
   getActor() {
     return this.actor;
@@ -26,11 +16,13 @@ export class ItkViewport extends LitElement {
     this.actor = actor;
   }
 
-  connectedCallback(): void {
-    super.connectedCallback();
-  }
-
   render() {
+    if (!this.dispatched) {
+      dispatchSpawn(this, 'viewport', viewportMachine, (actor) =>
+        this.setActor(actor),
+      );
+      this.dispatched = true;
+    }
     return html`
       <h1>Viewport</h1>
       <slot @view=${handleLogic(this.actor)}></slot>
diff --git a/packages/element/src/spawn-controller.ts b/packages/element/src/spawn-controller.ts
index 2110a80c..f97629a3 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/spawn-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/spawn-controller.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,27 @@
-import { LitElement, ReactiveController } from 'lit';
+import { LitElement } from 'lit';
 import { Actor, AnyActor, AnyActorLogic } from 'xstate';
 
-export class SpawnController<TLogic extends AnyActorLogic>
-  implements ReactiveController
-{
-  private host: HTMLElement;
-  type: string;
-  logic: TLogic;
-  onActor: (actor: Actor<TLogic>) => void;
+export const dispatchSpawn = <TLogic extends AnyActorLogic>(
+  host: LitElement,
+  eventType: string,
+  logic: TLogic,
+  onActor: (actor: Actor<TLogic>) => void,
+) => {
+  const event = new CustomEvent(eventType, {
+    bubbles: true,
+    composed: true,
+    detail: {
+      logic: logic,
+      onActor: onActor,
+    },
+  });
+  host.dispatchEvent(event);
+};
 
-  constructor(
-    host: LitElement,
-    type: string,
-    logic: TLogic,
-    onActor: (actor: Actor<TLogic>) => void,
-  ) {
-    (this.host = host).addController(this);
-    this.type = type;
-    this.logic = logic;
-    this.onActor = onActor;
-  }
-
-  hostConnected() {
-    const event = new CustomEvent(this.type, {
-      bubbles: true,
-      composed: true,
-      detail: {
-        logic: this.logic,
-        onActor: this.onActor,
-      },
-    });
-
-    this.host.dispatchEvent(event);
-  }
-}
-
-export const handleLogic =
-  <TActor extends AnyActor>(parentActor: TActor | undefined) =>
-  (e: Event) => {
+export const handleLogic = <TActor extends AnyActor>(
+  parentActor: TActor | undefined,
+) => {
+  return (e: Event) => {
     if (!parentActor) throw new Error('Parent actor not available');
     e.stopPropagation();
     const logic = (e as CustomEvent).detail.logic;
@@ -49,3 +33,4 @@ export const handleLogic =
       onActor: (e as CustomEvent).detail.onActor,
     });
   };
+};
diff --git a/packages/imjoy-api/index.html b/packages/imjoy-api/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b0a708a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/imjoy-api/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+    <meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+    <meta name="application-name" content="image-viewer" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="image-viewer" />
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#8B8B8B" />
+    <meta name="msapplication-navbutton-color" content="#8B8B8B" />
+    <meta
+      name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style"
+      content="black-translucent"
+    />
+    <meta name="msapplication-starturl" content="/itk-vtk-viewer/app/" />
+    <meta
+      name="viewport"
+      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"
+    />
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/imjoy-rpc@0.5.42/dist/hypha-rpc-websocket.min.js"></script>
+  </head>
+
+  <body style="height: 100vh; margin: 0; display: flex">
+    <div class="content" style="flex: 1; display: flex"></div>
+
+    <script type="module">
+      import '@itk-viewer/element/itk-viewer-element.js';
+      import '@itk-viewer/element/itk-viewer-3d.js';
+      import { setup } from './src/viewer.ts';
+      import { setPipelineWorkerUrl, setPipelinesBaseUrl } from 'itk-wasm';
+
+      const pipelineWorkerUrl =
+        '/itk/web-workers/itk-wasm-pipeline.min.worker.js';
+      setPipelineWorkerUrl(pipelineWorkerUrl);
+      const pipelineBaseUrl = '/itk/pipelines';
+      setPipelinesBaseUrl(pipelineBaseUrl);
+
+      async function setupHypha(config) {
+        globalThis.config = config;
+        const url = config.server_url;
+        const extraHeaders = {};
+        if (config.token) {
+          extraHeaders.Authorization = 'Bearer ' + config.token;
+        }
+        // Note: extraHeaders only works for polling transport (the default)
+        // If we switch to websocket only, the headers won't be respected
+        if (globalThis.server) {
+          globalThis.server.disconnect();
+        }
+        const server = await hyphaWebsocketClient.connectToServer(config);
+        return server;
+      }
+
+      async function setupViewerForImJoy(server, container) {
+        // itkVtkViewer.imJoyCodecs.forEach((codec) => {
+        //   server.registerCodec(codec);
+        // });
+        const viewerElement = document.createElement('itk-viewer-3d');
+        container.appendChild(viewerElement);
+        setTimeout(async () => {
+          const actor = viewerElement.getActor();
+          const viewer = await setup(server, actor);
+          //   const imageUrl =
+          //     'http://localhost:8082/test-data/ome-ngff-prototypes/single_image/v0.4/zyx.ome.zarr';
+          //   viewer.setImage(imageUrl);
+        }, 0);
+      }
+
+      const container = document.querySelector('.content');
+      const queryString = window.location.search;
+      const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);
+      const workspace = urlParams.get('workspace');
+      const server_url = urlParams.get('server-url');
+      const config = {
+        client_id: 'itkwidgets-client',
+        name: 'itkwidgets_client',
+        server_url,
+        // workspace: workspace,
+        // token: urlParams.get('token'),
+      };
+      setupHypha(config).then((server) => {
+        setupViewerForImJoy(server, container);
+      });
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/packages/imjoy-api/package.json b/packages/imjoy-api/package.json
index eb0b4e62..f210f822 100644
--- a/packages/imjoy-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/imjoy-api/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "./*": "./dist/*"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "tsc --watch --outDir dist --project tsconfig.build.json",
+    "dev": "tsc --watch --outDir dist --project tsconfig.build.json & vite",
     "build": "tsc --outDir dist --project tsconfig.build.json"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itk-viewer#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "^5.2.2"
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3",
+    "vite": "^4.4.11",
+    "vite-plugin-static-copy": "^0.17.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@itk-viewer/element": "workspace:^",
     "@itk-viewer/io": "workspace:^",
     "@itk-viewer/viewer": "workspace:^",
-    "imjoy-rpc": "^0.5.44"
+    "imjoy-rpc": "^0.5.44",
+    "itk-wasm": "1.0.0-b.160"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/imjoy-api/src/remote-control.html b/packages/imjoy-api/src/remote-control.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6af6cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/imjoy-api/src/remote-control.html
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+    <meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+    <meta name="application-name" content="image-viewer" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="image-viewer" />
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#8B8B8B" />
+    <meta name="msapplication-navbutton-color" content="#8B8B8B" />
+    <meta
+      name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style"
+      content="black-translucent"
+    />
+    <meta name="msapplication-starturl" content="/itk-vtk-viewer/app/" />
+    <meta
+      name="viewport"
+      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"
+    />
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/imjoy-rpc@0.5.42/dist/hypha-rpc-websocket.min.js"></script>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <div class="content" style="display: flex"></div>
+
+    <script type="module">
+      async function setupHypha(config) {
+        globalThis.config = config;
+        const url = config.server_url;
+        const extraHeaders = {};
+        if (config.token) {
+          extraHeaders.Authorization = 'Bearer ' + config.token;
+        }
+        // Note: extraHeaders only works for polling transport (the default)
+        // If we switch to websocket only, the headers won't be respected
+        if (globalThis.server) {
+          globalThis.server.disconnect();
+        }
+        const server = await hyphaWebsocketClient.connectToServer(config);
+        return server;
+      }
+
+      const container = document.querySelector('.content');
+      const queryString = window.location.search;
+      const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);
+      const workspace = urlParams.get('workspace');
+      const server_url = urlParams.get('server-url');
+      const config = {
+        client_id: 'itkwidgets-control',
+        name: 'itkwidgets_control',
+        server_url,
+        workspace: workspace,
+        token: urlParams.get('token'),
+      };
+      setupHypha(config).then(async (server) => {
+        const viewer = await server.getService('itk-viewer');
+        viewer.setImage(
+          'https://dandiarchive.s3.amazonaws.com/zarr/7723d02f-1f71-4553-a7b0-47bda1ae8b42',
+        );
+      });
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.cy.ts b/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.cy.ts
index 158d29cb..64b5153b 100644
--- a/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.cy.ts
@@ -1,72 +1,22 @@
 import { hyphaWebsocketClient } from 'imjoy-rpc';
 import { setup } from './viewer.js';
 import { createViewer } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/viewer.js';
-import { createViewport } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/viewport.js';
-import { ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage } from '@itk-viewer/io/ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.js';
 
-const serverUrl = 'http://localhost:37580';
+const server_url = 'https://hypha.website';
 
 describe('imjoy-viewer', () => {
-  it('registers service with Hypha server', () => {
-    cy.wrap(hyphaWebsocketClient.connectToServer({
-      name: 'test-client',
-      server_url: serverUrl,
-    })).then((server) => {
-      const viewer = createViewer();
-      cy.wrap(setup(server, viewer)).should('be.ok')
-      .and('have.all.keys',
-      'addViewport',
-      'config',
-      'description',
-      'id',
-      'name',
-      'setImage',
-      'type',
-      'viewer');
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('returns the viewer', () => {
-    const viewer = createViewer();
-
-    cy.wrap(hyphaWebsocketClient.connectToServer({
-      name: 'test-client',
-      server_url: serverUrl,
-    })).then((server) => {
-      return cy.wrap(setup(server, viewer))
-    })
-    .then((service) => {
-      cy.wrap(service.viewer()).should('equal', viewer);
-    });;
-  });
-
-  it('accepts a viewport and set image', () => {
+  it('starts and takes set image', async () => {
     const viewer = createViewer();
-    const viewport = createViewport();
     const storeURL = new URL(
       '/ome-ngff-prototypes/single_image/v0.4/yx.ome.zarr',
       document.location.origin,
     );
 
-    cy.wrap(hyphaWebsocketClient.connectToServer({
+    const server = await hyphaWebsocketClient.connectToServer({
       name: 'test-client',
-      server_url: serverUrl,
-    }))
-    .then((server) => {
-      cy.wrap(setup(server, viewer));
-    }).then((service) => {
-      cy.wrap(service.addViewport(viewport, 'first')).then(() => {
-        cy.wrap(viewer.getSnapshot().context.viewports)
-        .should('have.property', 'first', viewport);
-      });
-      return service
-    }).then((service) => {
-      cy.wrap(ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.fromUrl(storeURL))
-      .then((image) => {
-        cy.wrap(service.setImage(image, 'zarr')).then(() => {
-          cy.wrap(viewport.getSnapshot().context.image).should('equal', image);
-        });
-      })
+      server_url,
     });
+    const viewerService = await setup(server, viewer);
+    await viewerService.setImage(storeURL.href);
   });
-})
+});
diff --git a/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.ts b/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.ts
index fd5acce9..2e93e6b2 100644
--- a/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.ts
+++ b/packages/imjoy-api/src/viewer.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 import { Viewer } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/viewer.js';
-import { Viewport } from '@itk-viewer/viewer/viewport.js';
-import MultiscaleSpatialImage from '@itk-viewer/io/MultiscaleSpatialImage.js';
+import { ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage } from '@itk-viewer/io/ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.js';
+
+type HyphaService = {
+  id: string;
+};
+
+type ViewerService = {
+  setImage: (storeHref: string) => void;
+};
 
 type HyphaServer = {
-  registerService: (api: object) => any,
-  getService: (name: string) => any,
-  id: string,
+  registerService: (api: object) => Promise<HyphaService>;
+  getService: (id: string) => Promise<ViewerService>;
+  id: string;
 };
 
 export async function setup(server: HyphaServer, viewer: Viewer) {
   const service = await server.registerService({
-    name: "itk_viewer",
-    id: "itk-viewer",
-    description: "Retrieve the viewer API",
-    viewer: () => viewer,
-    addViewport: (viewport: Viewport, name: string) => viewer.send({ type: 'addViewport', viewport: viewport, name: name }),
-    setImage: (image: MultiscaleSpatialImage, name?: string) => viewer.send({ type: 'setImage', image, name: name ?? 'image' }),
+    name: 'itk-viewer',
+    id: 'itk-viewer',
+    description: 'Retrieve the viewer API',
+    setImage: async (imagePath: string, name?: string) => {
+      const url = new URL(imagePath, document.location.origin);
+      const image = await ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.fromUrl(url);
+      viewer.send({ type: 'setImage', image, name: name ?? 'image' });
+    },
   });
-
-  return await server.getService(service.id)
+  return server.getService(service.id);
 }
diff --git a/packages/imjoy-api/vite.config.ts b/packages/imjoy-api/vite.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b7127cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/imjoy-api/vite.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
+import { viteStaticCopy } from 'vite-plugin-static-copy';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  publicDir: '../../test/data/input',
+  optimizeDeps: {
+    exclude: ['@itk-wasm/htj2k', 'itk-wasm'],
+  },
+  plugins: [
+    // collect lazy loaded JavaScript and Wasm bundles in public directory
+    viteStaticCopy({
+      targets: [
+        {
+          src: './node_modules/itk-wasm/dist/pipeline/web-workers/bundles/itk-wasm-pipeline.min.worker.js',
+          dest: 'itk/web-workers',
+        },
+        {
+          src: '../io/node_modules/itk-image-io/*',
+          dest: 'itk/image-io',
+        },
+        {
+          src: '../blosc-zarr/emscripten-build/*',
+          dest: 'itk/pipelines',
+        },
+      ],
+    }),
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/packages/remote-viewport/src/remote-machine.ts b/packages/remote-viewport/src/remote-machine.ts
index 17791804..b6640f8d 100644
--- a/packages/remote-viewport/src/remote-machine.ts
+++ b/packages/remote-viewport/src/remote-machine.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {
   createBounds,
   ensuredDims,
 } from '@itk-viewer/io/dimensionUtils.js';
-import { state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 
 const MAX_IMAGE_BYTES_DEFAULT = 4000 * 1000 * 1000; // 4000 MB
 
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/view-2d.cy.ts b/packages/viewer/src/view-2d.cy.ts
index 5e76f9c0..5864c851 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/view-2d.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/view-2d.cy.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ describe('view 2d', () => {
       },
     });
     const view = createActor(view2d).start();
-    view.send({ type: 'createRenderer', logic: renderer });
+    view.send({
+      type: 'createChild',
+      childType: 'renderer',
+      logic: renderer,
+      onActor: () => {},
+    });
     expect(childStarted).to.be.true;
 
     const image = await ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.fromUrl(
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/viewer.cy.ts b/packages/viewer/src/viewer.cy.ts
index 51f800da..888cae72 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/viewer.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/viewer.cy.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ describe('Viewer', () => {
       },
     });
     const viewer = createViewer();
-    viewer.send({ type: 'createViewport', logic });
+    viewer.send({
+      type: 'createChild',
+      childType: 'viewport',
+      logic,
+      onActor: () => {},
+    });
     expect(childStarted).to.be.true;
 
     const image = await ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.fromUrl(
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/viewer.ts b/packages/viewer/src/viewer.ts
index a05407e9..2eecb233 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/viewer.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/viewer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { AnyActorRef, assign, raise, setup } from 'xstate';
+import {
+  ActorRefFrom,
+  AnyActorRef,
+  assign,
+  createActor,
+  raise,
+  setup,
+} from 'xstate';
 import MultiscaleSpatialImage from '@itk-viewer/io/MultiscaleSpatialImage.js';
 import { CreateChild } from './children.js';
 
@@ -82,3 +89,9 @@ export const viewerMachine = setup({
     },
   },
 });
+
+export const createViewer = () => {
+  return createActor(viewerMachine).start();
+};
+
+export type Viewer = ActorRefFrom<typeof viewerMachine>;
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/viewport.cy.ts b/packages/viewer/src/viewport.cy.ts
index f0bf1e5d..38503249 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/viewport.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/viewport.cy.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { mat4 } from 'gl-matrix';
 import { createActor, createMachine } from 'xstate';
 import { MultiscaleSpatialImage } from '@itk-viewer/io/MultiscaleSpatialImage.js';
 import { ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage } from '@itk-viewer/io/ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.js';
@@ -35,29 +34,14 @@ describe('Viewport', () => {
     cy.wrap(viewport.getSnapshot().context.image).should('equal', image);
   });
 
-  it('updates observers when camera updates', () => {
+  it('adopts a camera actor', () => {
     const viewport = createViewport();
-
     const camera = createCamera();
-
     viewport.send({ type: 'setCamera', camera });
 
     cy.wrap(
       viewport.getSnapshot().context.camera?.getSnapshot().context.pose,
     ).should('deep.equal', camera.getSnapshot().context.pose);
-
-    let cameraPose = undefined;
-    viewport.subscribe((state) => {
-      cameraPose = state.context.camera?.getSnapshot().context.pose;
-    });
-
-    const targetCameraPose = mat4.fromTranslation(mat4.create(), [1, 2, 3]);
-    camera.send({
-      type: 'setPose',
-      pose: targetCameraPose,
-    });
-
-    cy.wrap(cameraPose).should('deep.equal', targetCameraPose);
   });
 
   it('spawns view actors', async () => {
@@ -76,7 +60,12 @@ describe('Viewport', () => {
       },
     });
     const viewport = createViewport();
-    viewport.send({ type: 'createView', logic: view });
+    viewport.send({
+      type: 'createChild',
+      childType: 'viewport',
+      logic: view,
+      onActor: () => {},
+    });
     expect(childStarted).to.be.true;
 
     const image = await ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.fromUrl(
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/viewport.ts b/packages/viewer/src/viewport.ts
index f1783060..05ef152d 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/viewport.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/viewport.ts
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ export const viewportMachine = setup({
             'resetCameraPose',
           ],
         },
-        cameraPoseUpdated: {
-          actions: ['forwardToParent'],
-        },
         setResolution: {
           actions: [
             assign({
diff --git a/packages/vtkjs/src/view-2d-vtkjs.cy.ts b/packages/vtkjs/src/view-2d-vtkjs.cy.ts
index 68e71fbd..b3ebc2ff 100644
--- a/packages/vtkjs/src/view-2d-vtkjs.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/vtkjs/src/view-2d-vtkjs.cy.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createActor } from 'xstate';
 import { setPipelineWorkerUrl, setPipelinesBaseUrl } from 'itk-wasm';
-import { createRenderer } from './view-2d-vtkjs.js';
+import { createLogic } from './view-2d-vtkjs.js';
 import { ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage } from '@itk-viewer/io/ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.js';
 
 before(() => {
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ before(() => {
 
 describe('View 2D vtk.js', () => {
   it('constructs', () => {
-    expect(createRenderer()).to.be.ok;
+    expect(createLogic()).to.be.ok;
   });
 
   it('takes imageBuild event', async () => {
-    const render = createActor(createRenderer()).start();
+    const render = createActor(createLogic()).start();
 
     const multiscale = await ZarrMultiscaleSpatialImage.fromUrl(
       new URL('/astronaut.zarr', document.location.origin),
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4295f6ad..c7f3c4fc 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ importers:
 
   packages/imjoy-api:
     dependencies:
+      '@itk-viewer/element':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../element
       '@itk-viewer/io':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../io
@@ -141,11 +144,20 @@ importers:
         version: link:../viewer
       imjoy-rpc:
         specifier: ^0.5.44
-        version: 0.5.44
+        version: 0.5.46
+      itk-wasm:
+        specifier: 1.0.0-b.160
+        version: 1.0.0-b.160
     devDependencies:
       typescript:
-        specifier: ^5.2.2
-        version: 5.2.2
+        specifier: ^5.3.3
+        version: 5.3.3
+      vite:
+        specifier: ^4.4.11
+        version: 4.4.11
+      vite-plugin-static-copy:
+        specifier: ^0.17.0
+        version: 0.17.0(vite@4.4.11)
 
   packages/io:
     dependencies:
@@ -5466,12 +5478,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA==}
     dev: true
 
-  /nanoid@3.3.6:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-BGcqMMJuToF7i1rt+2PWSNVnWIkGCU78jBG3RxO/bZlnZPK2Cmi2QaffxGO/2RvWi9sL+FAiRiXMgsyxQ1DIDA==}
-    engines: {node: ^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1}
-    hasBin: true
-    dev: true
-
   /nanoid@3.3.7:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-eSRppjcPIatRIMC1U6UngP8XFcz8MQWGQdt1MTBQ7NaAmvXDfvNxbvWV3x2y6CdEUciCSsDHDQZbhYaB8QEo2g==}
     engines: {node: ^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1}
@@ -5739,7 +5745,7 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-PS08Iboia9mts/2ygV3eLpY5ghnUcfLV/EXTOW1E2qYxJKGGBUtNjN76FYHnMs36RmARn41bC0AZmn+rR0OVpQ==}
     engines: {node: ^10 || ^12 || >=14}
     dependencies:
-      nanoid: 3.3.6
+      nanoid: 3.3.7
       picocolors: 1.0.0
       source-map-js: 1.0.2
     dev: true