by Trey Morton Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald are considered classic novels. Each chronicles the hopes, fears, ambitions and foibles emblematic of its times. But it takes Wallace 1,100 pages and 577,000 words to tell his story, while Fitzgerald tells his in only 180 pages and 47,000 words. There’s little argument that both … [Read more...] about Workstation performance benchmarking: Does it take Infinite Jest to get the job done?
Digital Domain previews realistic realtime autonomous digital human ‘Douglas’
Oscar-winning VFX studio Digital Domain has shared its under development project creating new dimension in human-to-machine interactions. Its realistic realtime autonomous digital human ‘Douglas’ can make easy and natural conversations. Digital Domain says that Douglas can have uncanny facial realism and it can also replicate anyone's voice with only 30 minutes of audio and/or … [Read more...] about Digital Domain previews realistic realtime autonomous digital human ‘Douglas’
Autodesk’s digital twin initiative for AEC: Autodesk Tandem
One of the announcements Autodesk made at AU last week is the future availability of Autodesk Tandem, a platform for packaging digital twin BIM for handoff to owner/operators. During the general keynote session at AU, President and CEO of Autodesk, Andrew Anagnost said, “Construction will be permanently digitized. There’s more need to coordinate workflows between teams and … [Read more...] about Autodesk’s digital twin initiative for AEC: Autodesk Tandem
Autodesk acquires Spacemaker: cloud-based AI to empower architects
Autodesk University 2020 concluded last week as a virtual event. There was no hustle-bustle of crowd that would usually gather at Las Vegas during this time of the year. Although AU took place virtually, the event was equally incredible. A global AU community attended the general session and industry keynotes, live leadership panels, more than 750 on-demand classes, and 350+ … [Read more...] about Autodesk acquires Spacemaker: cloud-based AI to empower architects
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Rhino
Chaos Group brings realtime and photoreal rendering into Rhino and Grasshopper with the release of V-Ray 5 for Rhino. A live scene viewer, V-Ray Vision brings realtime visualization to the designs. A live realtime view of a scene is available, offering a quick design visualization throughout a project. V-Ray Clipper support makes it easy to render sections and cutaways. And … [Read more...] about Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Rhino
VFX in 2021: What works, who works & what’s changing forever
Time: December 2, 2020, 12:00 pm (PST) As we wrap up a difficult year, we look ahead at how the production process is recovering for 2021. On-set-post-production is changing as distributed workflows, cloud, and virtual production play a central role in the recovery of our industry. Panelists from both the studio and software side will share their key learnings from … [Read more...] about VFX in 2021: What works, who works & what’s changing forever
Tech Soft 3D acquires Visual Kinematics
Another acquisition to expand its product offerings and global outreach. Tech Soft 3D has completed the acquisition of Visual Kinematics (VKI), developer of DevTools, a suite of component software development kits (SDKs) for CAE applications. In October 2020, Tech Soft 3D acquired Ceetron AS, developers of 3D visualization technology for the CAE community. In February 2020, … [Read more...] about Tech Soft 3D acquires Visual Kinematics
Aidea is building together with Graphisoft
Founded in 1995, Aidea is an integrated design and technology firm based in Philippines. The company transitioned to BIM completely in 2005. It’s been 15 years of partnership with Graphisoft, since Aidea started using ArchiCAD. Aidea has completed 800 projects in 90 cities worldwide. Some of the projects of Aidea include Mandani Bay, Bonifacio High Street Central, Crimson … [Read more...] about Aidea is building together with Graphisoft
AMD to acquire Xilinx
AMD and Xilinx announced yesterday that AMD will acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion. AMD says that this acquisition has the potential to make it the industry’s leading high-performance computing company. AMD and Xilinx will benefit from the complementary product portfolios and customers. They will capitalize on opportunities spanning some of the … [Read more...] about AMD to acquire Xilinx
Autodesk announces AEC Excellence Awards 2020 winners
The largest balanced concrete cantilever bridge in the world. Living units on a floating island, with farms and green public spaces. An emergency COVID-19 hospital built in 10 days. A large-scale data center with the scope of future expansion. These are some of the projects that Autodesk revealed as winners of Autodesk 2020 AEC Excellence Awards. These awards are given to AEC … [Read more...] about Autodesk announces AEC Excellence Awards 2020 winners