AI is rapidly changing industrial visual inspection. In a factory setting, visual inspection is used for many issues, including detecting defects and missing or incorrect parts during assembly. Computer vision can help identify problems with products early on, reducing the chances of them being delivered to customers. However, developing accurate and versatile object detection models remains��
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Universal Scene Description, also called OpenUSD or USD, is an open and extensible framework for creating, editing, querying, rendering, collaborating, and simulating within 3D worlds. Invented by Pixar Animation Studios, USD is much more than a file format. It is an ecosystem and interchange paradigm that models, labels, classifies, and combines a wide range of data sources into a composed ground��
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Today, NVIDIA, and the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) announced the AOUSD Materials Working Group, an initiative for standardizing the interchange of materials in Universal Scene Description, known as OpenUSD. As an extensible framework and ecosystem for describing, composing, simulating, and collaborating within 3D worlds, OpenUSD enables developers to build interoperable 3D workflows��
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Gain a foundational understanding of USD, the open and extensible framework for creating, editing, querying, rendering, collaborating, and simulating within 3D worlds.
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Developers and enterprises can now deploy lifelike virtual and mixed reality experiences with Varjo��s latest XR-4 series headsets, which are integrated with NVIDIA technologies. These XR headsets match the resolution that the human eye can see, providing users with realistic visual fidelity and performance. The latest XR-4 series headsets support NVIDIA Omniverse and are powered by NVIDIA��
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HOMEE AI, an NVIDIA Inception member based in Taiwan, has developed an ��AI-as-a-service�� spatial planning solution to disrupt the $650B global home decor market. They��re helping furniture makers and home designers find new business opportunities in the era of industrial digitalization. Using NVIDIA Omniverse, the HOMEE AI engineering team developed an enterprise-ready service to deliver��
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Railroad simulation is important in modern transportation and logistics, providing a virtual testing ground for the intricate interplay of tracks, switches, and rolling stock. It serves as a crucial tool for engineers and developers to fine-tune and optimize railway systems, ensuring efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Physically realistic simulations enable comprehensive scenario��
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In the fourth installment of this series on the superpowers of OpenUSD, learn how any digital content creation tool can be connected to USD. OpenUSD��s data source interoperability allows data from different tools to be used in the same scene or project.
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For manufacturing and industrial enterprises, efficiency and precision are essential. To streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance productivity, companies are turning to digital twins and discrete-event simulation. Discrete-event simulation enables manufacturers to optimize processes by experimenting with different inputs and behaviors that can be modeled and tested step by step.
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Synthetic data can play a key role when training perception AI models that are deployed on autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). This process is becoming increasingly important in manufacturing. For an example of using synthetic data to generate a pretrained model that can detect pallets in a warehouse, see Developing a Pallet Detection Model Using OpenUSD and Synthetic Data.
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Custom schemas in Universal Scene Description, known as OpenUSD or USD, are pivotal for developers seeking to represent and encode sophisticated virtual worlds. By formalizing data models, schemas enable the interpretation of raw data by USD-compliant runtimes. Whether underpinning physics simulations or expanding digital twins, custom schemas provide the foundation for creativity, fidelity��
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Moment Factory is a global multimedia entertainment studio that combines specializations in video, lighting, architecture, sound, software, and interactivity to create immersive experiences for audiences around the world. At NVIDIA GTC 2024, Moment Factory will showcase digital twins for immersive location-based entertainment with Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD). To see the latest��
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Developing extended reality (XR) applications can be extremely challenging. Users typically start with a template project and adhere to pre-existing packaging templates for deploying an app to a headset. This approach creates a distinct bottleneck in the asset iteration pipeline. Updating assets inside an XR experience becomes completely dependent on how fast the developer can build, package��
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The latest release of NVIDIA Omniverse delivers an exciting collection of new features based on Omniverse Kit 105, making it easier than ever for developers to get started building 3D simulation tools and workflows. Built on Universal Scene Description, known as OpenUSD, and NVIDIA RTX and AI technologies, Omniverse enables you to create advanced, real-time 3D simulation applications for��
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This post was updated January 16, 2024. Recent years have witnessed a massive increase in the volume of 3D geospatial data being generated. This data provides rich real-world environmental and contextual information, spatial relationships, and real-time monitoring capabilities for industrial applications. It can enhance the realism, accuracy, and effectiveness of simulations across various��
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A new paradigm for data modeling and interchange is unlocking possibilities for 3D workflows and virtual worlds.
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Smart cities are the future of urban living. Yet they can present various challenges for city planners, most notably in the realm of transportation. To be successful, various aspects of the city��from environment and infrastructure to business and education��must be functionally integrated. This can be difficult, as managing traffic flow alone is a complex problem full of challenges such as��
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On Aug. 8, Jensen Huang features new NVIDIA technologies and award-winning research for content creation.
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Imagine you are a robotics or machine learning (ML) engineer tasked with developing a model to detect pallets so that a forklift can manipulate them. ?You are familiar with traditional deep learning pipelines, you have curated manually annotated datasets, and you have trained successful models. You are ready for the next challenge, which comes in the form of large piles of densely stacked��
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Developers are using Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) to push the boundaries of 3D workflows. As an ecosystem and interchange paradigm, OpenUSD models, labels, classifies, and combines a wide range of data sources into a composed ground truth. It is also highly extensible with four key features that help developers meet the demands of virtual worlds. In this video series��
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Siloed data has long been a challenge in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), hindering productivity and collaboration. However, new innovative solutions are transforming the way that architects, engineers, and construction managers work together on BIM (building information management) workflows, offering new possibilities for real-time collaboration. The new NVIDIA Omniverse��
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According to the American Society of Quality (ASQ), defects cost manufacturers nearly 20% of overall sales revenue. The products that we interact with on a daily basis��like phones, cars, televisions, and computers��must be manufactured with precision so that they can deliver value in varying conditions and scenarios. AI-based computer vision applications are helping to catch defects in the��
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Polyphony Digital, a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc and the creators of Gran Turismo, has exceeded 90M copies of cumulative sell-through sales of PlayStation software titles over three decades. Gran Turisimo 7, released in 2022, marked the 25th anniversary of the series�� beginning, and included implementation of Universal Scene Description (USD). USD is an open-scene description��
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Mika Vehkala has worked in the game development industry for nearly three decades and contributed to projects such as Horizon Zero Dawn and The Walking Dead: No Man��s Land. Now, he��s director of technology at Remedy Entertainment, the studio that created Alan Wake and Control. Vehkala spoke with NVIDIA about embracing USD into its game development pipeline. What is your professional��
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Learn how developers are building metaverse applications, extensions, and microservices.
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Discover how 3D synthetic data generation is accelerating AI and simulation workflows.
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Many companies are embracing digital twins to improve their products and services. Digital twins can be used for complex simulations of factories and warehouses or to understand how products will look and behave in the real world. However, many businesses don��t know how to begin making their existing 3D art assets valuable within a simulation environment. The existing universe of 3D assets is��
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The new beta release of NVIDIA Omniverse is now available with major updates to core reference applications and tools for developers, creators, and novices looking to build metaverse applications. Each of the core components of the Omniverse platform have been updated to make it even faster, more accessible, and more flexible for collaborative workflows across applications.
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The latest version of the NVIDIA PhysX 5 SDK is now available under the same open source license terms as NVIDIA PhysX 4 to help expand simulation workflows and applications across global industries. You can find this much-anticipated update on the NVIDIA-Omniverse/PhysX GitHub repository. A longtime GameWorks technology, PhysX has become the primary physics engine and a key foundational��
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