Machines are getting smaller, lighter, faster, and quieter. Reflecting a trend in attitudes and awareness, Dell’s latest PC and workstation updates are directed at creative artists with the same enthusiasm that it traditionally had for designers, engineers, and scientists. This is not exactly new. Dell and HP always battled for the high end of creativity—movie makers, VFX, … [Read more...] about Dell’s upgrades for workstations promise more connection and collaboration
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What’s Arm up to? Anything you want to throw at it
Tackling the next 300 billion devices from the IoT up to supercomputers. Arm showed its first new architecture in a decade at its recent one-day virtual conference. Arm introduces their v9 design and provided their macro view of future semiconductor development. As it turns out, from Arm’s perspective, Arm devices will control the world. All data will either be generated, … [Read more...] about What’s Arm up to? Anything you want to throw at it
Painter Essentials 8 gets updated features from parent product Painter 2021
New brushes, AI features, performance improvement, and Sidecar support. Painter Essentials 8, the latest addition to Corel’s Painter family, has arrived. Painter Essentials is essentially a slimmed-down version of Corel’s high-end painting tool Painter for digital artists which sells for $429 on the Corel site. The Painter Essentials tool is $49.99. Slimming down … [Read more...] about Painter Essentials 8 gets updated features from parent product Painter 2021
Pushing processors to the limit: Siemens NX incorporates new design paradigms, ease of use, and plenty of AI
Ongoing development work from synchronous to convergent expands Siemens’ concept of model-based definition. Siemens has achieved some milestones with their latest release of NX. The company has gone to a continuous release in which changes are rolled out regularly. The company expects a cadence of every 6 months or so. The company is taking more advantage of AI/ML with every … [Read more...] about Pushing processors to the limit: Siemens NX incorporates new design paradigms, ease of use, and plenty of AI
Siemens releases Simcenter 3D 2021
Siemens Digital Industries Software has released latest update of its Simcenter 3D software, a fully-integrated CAE solution for complex, multidisciplinary product performance engineering. Simcenter 3D 2021.1 focuses on strengths like multidiscipline integration, faster CAE processes, ties to the digital thread, openness and scalability. A new auralization … [Read more...] about Siemens releases Simcenter 3D 2021
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 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
Microsoft brings out new AI powered tool for detecting deepfake media
By Jaydeep Bhattacharjee On September 1, 2020, Microsoft launched a new AI-powered tool targeted at spotting deepfakes for analyzing videos and still photos with the help of a manipulation score which is generated by the tool. Named as Video Authenticator, it generates “a percentage chance, or confidence score,” which, says Microsoft, indicates if the media or photograph has … [Read more...] about Microsoft brings out new AI powered tool for detecting deepfake media
DeepFaceDrawing AI turns a sketch into realistic human face image
A technical paper submitted at Siggraph 2020 offers promising results. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the City University of Hong Kong have developed a deep learning-based solution for sketch-to-image translation. The team presented their technical paper (requires login) at Siggraph 2020 that concluded recently. They demonstrated a system that uses rough … [Read more...] about DeepFaceDrawing AI turns a sketch into realistic human face image
CorelDraw Technical Suite 2020 fills out product line
Corel adds professional tools for technical documentation with broad support. Technical Suite is the last of CorelDraw’s rolling introduction, which includes CorelDraw Essentials 2020 for creative consumers, occasional users, CorelDraw Standard 2020 for office, CorelDraw Graphics Suite for professionals, and now CorelDraw Technical Suite for technical documentation. … [Read more...] about CorelDraw Technical Suite 2020 fills out product line