Autodesk, ESI Group, and OPTIS Integrate VRWorks into New Applications

NVIDIA announced at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on the 8th (local time) that the NVIDIA VRWorks software developer kit (SDK) was used in new applications from Autodesk, ESI Group, and OPTIS.

Enterprise VR is transforming a wide range of business sectors, from engineering and design to manufacturing, operations, and sales. VRWorks, consisting of application programming interfaces, libraries, and engines, enables developers to more easily create VR experiences. Application developers are leveraging VRWorks' core capabilities to support general businesses seeking to integrate VR into their businesses.

VRWorks technologies such as VR SLI, Single Pass Stereo, and Lens Matched Shading improve the performance, efficiency, and image quality of VR rendering, while VRWorks 360 Video, Audio, and Physics provide realistic sound, touch, and physical simulations for VR environments. Additionally, VRWorks includes Quadro platform-exclusive features such as Warp and Blend, Synchronization, GPU Affinity, and GPUDirect for Video.

Support for immersive, collaborative design reviews
Global companies such as Boeing, Safran Group, Caterpillar, Ford Motor Company, and Bombardier are leveraging ESI Group's VR solution, IC.IDO. Leveraging VRWorks' rendering capabilities, IC.IDO recreates complex engineering datasets in VR, replacing physical prototypes with immersive, interactive digital models to facilitate decision-making across diverse teams from different locations and disciplines.

Autodesk leverages VRWorks' VR SLI and single-pass stereo capabilities within its VR solutions to help designers view the 3D form of a product or model, scale to any desired size, and identify iterative improvement opportunities early, saving time and money. Design professionals can leverage Autodesk's automated design visualization software, VRED, to create virtual prototypes and review designs in VR. Autodesk's Stingray rendering engine provides real-time design visualization and interactive VR experiences.

“NVIDIA VRWorks has enabled us to take advantage of the latest technologies and performance improvements in VR, particularly the process of integrating the Scalable Link Interface rendering and Ansel integration into Autodesk Stingray,” said Frank Delise, senior director at Autodesk.

Bringing vivid realism to VR
Bentley Motors has integrated VR into its design process, enabling customers to virtually experience various variations of shapes and materials, as well as onboard technologies, thereby further enhancing the perfection of its vehicles and enhancing safety and quality for its customers. Key to this achievement was OPTIS's VR solution, which delivers a lifelike, lifelike experience. OPTIS has worked extensively with NVIDIA to enhance the realism of 3D models by incorporating PhysX and VRWorks Audio for haptic feedback.

“Being able to see and experience datasets or models in an accurate and realistic virtual space can significantly benefit those who influence or make decisions at the right time,” said Jacques Delacour, founder and CEO of OPTIS. “By providing designers with a complete immersion in a virtual environment through physics and audio, we are helping them feel the products of the future more realistically.”

Learn more about Enterprise VR and see Autodesk, ESI, and OPTIS VR solutions at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, taking place May 8-11 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California.