The partnership will expand Nearabl’s indoor navigation technology and bring visualization capabilities to iTwin users. Nearabl, a New York City start-up and a recently named Bentley Systems iTwin Premier Partner, is bringing its augmented reality app used to view accurate digital indoor maps and more to Bentley’s iTwin platform, extending its reach and capabilities within … [Read more...] about Nearabl embraces Bentley’s iTwin platform
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Autodesk opts for Twinmotion for interoperability
The move opens doors wide for metaverse applications. Autodesk has been on board with metaverse since Autodesk University 2021, and the company furthered its commitment at AU 22 with its announced plan to provide teams with Twinmotion for its Revit users. Twinmotion is Epic Games’ visualization tool created for CAD designers. The idea is that it lets users create dynamic … [Read more...] about Autodesk opts for Twinmotion for interoperability
Chaos in the marketplace
Chaos acquisition targets 3D commerce and beyond. Chaos, whose computer graphics and visualization technologies are used to create photorealistic imagery and animation, is knocking loudly on the doors of various markets. Well-known in the film industry for its physically based renderer, V-Ray, Chaos’ tool set is also used in design studios, architectural firms, advertising … [Read more...] about Chaos in the marketplace
Luxion’s KeyShot 11 speeds up the visualization workflow
Luxion has rolled out KeyShot 11 this week. The latest release features 3D Paint, Color, Material, and Finish (CMF) capabilities, Physics Simulation tool, Workflow Automation, KeyShot Web Viewer. The company says that the latest release focuses on speeding the visualization workflow. Each newly added or improved feature has been worked upon as per the users’ feedback. Luxion … [Read more...] about Luxion’s KeyShot 11 speeds up the visualization workflow
Anari—come together, over me
Khronos tries to get everybody meet at their house. In November 2019, open standard API developer and harmonizing industry force, Khronos, enthralled developers and users alike with their proposed data visualization initiative to work on a cross-platform analytical rendering API. Prior to Khronos gathering the SciViz world, developers working in scientific visualization … [Read more...] about Anari—come together, over me
V-Ray 5 for Unreal offers faster render times with Chaos Cloud
After coming out of beta and improving continuously with hotfix and non-hotfix updates, the latest version of Chaos’ V-Ray renderer for Unreal Engine is here. V-Ray 5 for Unreal is now available for $219 (annually) or $80 (monthly). The new features in V-Ray 5 for Unreal include custom light baking controls, a new Frame Buffer with post-processing controls built-in, a … [Read more...] about V-Ray 5 for Unreal offers faster render times with Chaos Cloud
Lenovo and Mechdyne offer 120-day TGX trial during quarantine
Systems with Nvidia’s Grid technology and Quadro graphics can deliver up to 4K graphics performance remotely. The tech industry is moving online en masse. If the lockdowns go on much longer, that whole transition to the cloud thing will be done by Halloween. However, a major issue for many people who depend on powerful computers at work is that their computers at home … [Read more...] about Lenovo and Mechdyne offer 120-day TGX trial during quarantine
Twinmotion sees new milestones
An easy rendering tool designed for AEC gets advanced features. Visualization is an important tool for architects, so important that it has traditionally been sent off to specialists, which can be an inconvenience for fast changes and quick updates. Twinmotion, by Epic, is being developed as an easy-to-use content creation tool that produces high-quality … [Read more...] about Twinmotion sees new milestones
Visualizing data—analytic rendering via Khronos
The more you can see, the better you can analyze. Last month I wrote about a new book on Data science and visual computing. The book tells us, as we already well know, we are awash in data. It’s like the weather, we know it, we can’t manage it. We are struggling to get a grip on it, understand it, use it and exploit it, but it is being generated faster than we can harness … [Read more...] about Visualizing data—analytic rendering via Khronos
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A book everyone interested in big data and visualization should read. We are awash in data; it’s like the weather, we know it, we can’t manage it. We are struggling to get a grip on it, understand it, use it and exploit it, but it is being generated faster than we can harness it. Data has always been available to us; the difference now is that it is all (or most of it) in … [Read more...] about Data science and visual computing