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Khronos launches VR standards initiative

BY
Randall Newton

Rapid growth of virtual reality is causing platform fragmentation; Khronos is in a unique position to create a common set ...

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It was a busy autumn for Chaos Group

BY
Randall Newton

A €2 million VR partnership and a new rendering engine for Revit confirms leadership status in AEC visualization. The last ...

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OpenBOM updates visualization and CAD management

BY
Randall Newton

Using cloud technology to replace spreadsheets and paper for the Bill of Materials is a small but vital advance for ...

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NGCodec takes video codec to Amazon cloud

BY
Randall Newton

4K resolution for virtual and augmented reality video compression; only send pixels to the head mounted display. Video services start-up ...

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Autodesk revenue down 18% in third quarter

BY
Randall Newton

The warnings about lower revenue during business model transition are still true. AutoCAD business is in the cellar. By Randall ...

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Industry vendors join in new model based enterprise interoperability research project

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Randall Newton

Purdue University joins with Anark, ITI, Lockheed Martin, and others to increase the use of intelligent assets in 3D models. ...

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Graphisoft adds Google Cardboard support to BIMx architectural presentation app

BY
Randall Newton

Virtual reality for viewing the virtual building model. BIM software developer Graphisoft, maker of ArchiCAD and BIMx for architects, has ...

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Affinity Designer now available on Windows

BY
Randall Newton

A top seller on the Mac goes after Adobe Illustrator in a wider marketplace, offering speed, a rich feature set ...

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Graphics add-in board shipments up 9.2% in third quarter

BY
Randall Newton

In the past 12 months AMD has taken 11 points of market share from Nvidia. New market data from Jon ...

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Gaming market continues to buoy graphics chips vendors

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GfxS staff

All three leading vendors saw third quarter shipments increase sharply from last quarter. All three major computer graphics chips vendors ...