And realtime ray tracing becomes a reality. Got your ray tracing on yet? Whatya waiting for, there’s over 140 notebooks to choose from with prices as low as $800. You can get a new notebook with Nvidia’s new RTX3050 that runs Nvidia’s new DLSS 2.0 ray tracing magic. If you’re gamer, even a casual gamer, you can game in a ray traced environment with one of these new … [Read more...] about New notebooks updated with Nvidia’s RTX3050 ray tracing tech
FMX 2021: blend of classic animation and live action brings Tom & Jerry into real world
FMX 2021 is fast approaching. The conference schedule is almost complete. FMX has been giving sneak peeks of the presentations. Among the many highlights of the program, FMX talked about three presentations: From 2D to 3D: The Craft of Tom & Jerry; Concept Art Track; and FMX Studio Program. The conference will kick off with a broadcast from The Studio that will … [Read more...] about FMX 2021: blend of classic animation and live action brings Tom & Jerry into real world
Intel’s latest report studies impacts on the US economy
Intel has released a third-party report titled “Intel’s Impacts on the US Economy.” This report claims to estimate the economic impact of Intel on the U.S. economy and the states where Intel has its largest U.S. presence: Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Oregon. The impact is defined in terms of employment, labor income, and gross domestic product using data from the fiscal … [Read more...] about Intel’s latest report studies impacts on the US economy
Chinese retail website advertises VESA “DisplayHDR 2000” logo that doesn’t exist
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) was surprised to learn that Chinese retail website Taobao had been advertising two displays with VESA certified "DisplayHDR 2000" logo: an updated Samsung Odyssey G9 monitor and a new Acer EI491CRG9 monitor. In a clarification, VESA said that there is no “DisplayHDR 2000” tier in the VESA DisplayHDR specification and logo … [Read more...] about Chinese retail website advertises VESA “DisplayHDR 2000” logo that doesn’t exist
Autodesk acquires Upchain to increase collaboration and data access through cloud PLM
Last week, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Upchain, a cloud PLM company. Founded in 2017 in Toronto by John Laslavic, Upchain focuses on providing affordable, easy-to-use cloud PLM to startups and SMBs. Both Autodesk and Upchain acknowledge the importance of collaboration during the product development process. Upchain’s vision is to build technology to achieve a … [Read more...] about Autodesk acquires Upchain to increase collaboration and data access through cloud PLM
CENIT offers cenitCONNECT SAP Integration for the 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud
The "best of both worlds" idiom realizes its meaning in the 3DEXPERIENCE-SAP integration solution, developed by CENIT. For over 20 years, CENIT has been global business partner of Dassault Systèmes. In 1999, it became the official partner of SAP SE for CATIA integrations. The manufacturing companies need a digital data continuity across its various departments. The … [Read more...] about CENIT offers cenitCONNECT SAP Integration for the 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud
PTC’s Vuforia Engine Area Targets supports immersive AR for very large spaces
PTC defines spatial computing as the technology for the digitization of activities of machines, people, objects, and the environments in which they take place to enable and optimize actions and interactions. Last year, PTC introduced a new product segment around spatial computing. The first product from PTC is the Vuforia Spatial Toolbox. The PTC Spatial Toolbox lets users … [Read more...] about PTC’s Vuforia Engine Area Targets supports immersive AR for very large spaces
Cesium for Unreal plugin supports Epic’s vision for an open Metaverse
The open-source plugin combines 3D geospatial capability of Cesium with the high-fidelity rendering capability of Unreal Engine. Cesium’s efforts for combining geospatial and 3D computer graphics started receiving the support of Epic MegaGrants program last June. This is the first effort to plug a full-scale, high-precision 3D globe into Unreal Engine, opening a world of … [Read more...] about Cesium for Unreal plugin supports Epic’s vision for an open Metaverse
Bentley Systems registers drop in EPC during pandemic
Revenues up 8.2% and CEO Greg Bentley says the company is at a new setpoint for the future. The company performance was just about right on the nose as far as the company’s expectations and those of their investors; but, it’s easy to get the impression that as 2020 was unfolding over Bentley execs were a touch nervous. Greg Bentley says that 2020 was not a normal year. The … [Read more...] about Bentley Systems registers drop in EPC during pandemic
Shapr3D releases new 2D drawing feature and pricing tiers
The rapid pace of development of Shapr3D, CAD modeler for iPad and macOS, has been a point of attention. It caused a stir after being optimized for the new Macs with the M1 processor. Shapr3D founder István Csanády says CAD software should be easier to learn and use. Keeping the focus on end user is important. While celebrating 5 years of its journey to developing CAD program, … [Read more...] about Shapr3D releases new 2D drawing feature and pricing tiers