We’re all virtual now. Graphisoft convened a meeting of our virtual selves for their annual worldwide meeting. This year the theme was Building Together as CEO Huw Roberts and his team unveiled a new version of Archicad. More important for parent company Nemetschek, the virtual conference also showcased new levels of interoperability with Nemetschek’s RISA and SCIA for an integrated … Read more
Apparently, when you lock a bunch of creative people up, they keep on creating. Adobe has fired out a barrage of updates, blogs, and user stories to talk about the ways in which the world is changing which, to be fair, we did know. What we’re fascinated by are the ways in which Adobe is changing. Adobe’s executives are talking … Read more
A global architecture, design, and planning firm, Gensler says it believes in creating a better world through the power of design. Gensler has developed a proprietary set of digital design tools around information metrics and geometry form-finding, which they’re branding as their inFORM ecosystem. The company says that these tools work to boosts its design capabilities. Blox is the first software … Read more
Imagination is probably best known for its 10+ year relationship with Apple, having powered the original Apple iPhone and iPad and on but what may not be as well known is the company’s long-term work in the automotive sector where it is estimated it has more than half of the automotive GPU IP market. Several of the developments Imagination has … Read more
Based on Arm’s conversations with automakers and tier-one automotive suppliers, Arm says it’s clear there are increasing demands from consumers for a smartphone-like experience in their vehicles. In fact, says the company, despite the current economic climate, there is strong demand for innovation to power the increasing displays inside the vehicle, from mirror replacement to head-up displays, remains unchanged. These … Read more
During first half of 2020, it became obvious to people in every business that expectations for the near future would have to be seriously adjusted. Pandemic will do that. The 2020 CAD Report from Jon Peddie Research was completed at the end of 2019. At that time, that seems so long ago, we were cautious about the prospects for 2020 … Read more
In 2017, there were 511,455 crashes in the US involving a large truck or a bus. Of those, 4,455 were crashes with fatalities. In the EU, trucks account for about 2% of the vehicles on the road but represent 15% of fatalities. Many of these crashes can be attributed to limited visibility from the cockpit, including multiple blind spots. … Read more
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. There’s a version of CorelDraw for everyone. CorelDraw Technical Suite is not for everyone. It’s a Windows-based application for content creators working with … Read more
Facebook launched Oculus Go two years ago in May 2018 and it sold for $199. The device was an all-in-one VR headset capable of operating without tethering to a computer or relying on a smartphone for its computing power. Since then, Facebook has launched the $399 Quest, a more powerful all-in-one headset, and the $399 Rift S, which must be … Read more
I want it. I want it now! Jensen Huang, CEO of premium brand Nvidia, said, “No longer will the best moment of your car experience be at the point of the sale. In the future, that will be the starting point of one’s experience with a beautiful Mercedes-Benz.” What he was talking about is the newly announced partnership between Mercedes-Benz … Read more
Last year, Siemens's design and manufacture sub-company that was known as Siemens PLM signaled a major turning point in its ongoing transformation within the larger Siemens megacompany. It changed its name to Siemens Digital Industries Software, which at least freed the company from the albatross of the unpopular term PLM and also integrated the group tighter into Siemens as a … Read more
One of the breakout stars of the NAB-that-never-was is Blackbird plc. The company offers a cloud video editing platform enabling live or file-based video editing and sells itself on its speed, scalability, quality of editing tools, and output. The company’s demos make Blackbird’s tools look very straightforward and easy to use. There’s a refreshing cleanliness to the interface, and more … Read more
