Last March, Bentley Systems acquired Seequent in a billion-dollar deal that certainly impressed us. At the time Bentley, Seequent, and its partners in the deal Accel-KKR said the deal would be accretive. And it clearly was Bentley’s new subsidiary, Seequent, which operates in Christchurch, New Zealand quickly acquired Danish geospatial imaging company Aarhus Geosoft and most recently has announced plans … Read more
Baylor University researchers at Baylor’s Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) recently announced results of three years of research into exploring the creation of a wider color gamut. They claim the new color imaging system has the capacity to dramatically increase the range of color a digital screen can display. The system—called 6P—has implications for television and cinema and could replace … Read more
There is plenty of room to argue how Unity and Unreal compete with each other and the discussion is pretty interesting. Unity grew with the help of independent developers working in mobile and that's a strong part of the company's identity but the company has increased its capabilities to compete head to head with Unreal, which has a financial share of … Read more
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) recently reported that the overall workstation market volume in Q1’21 grew about 27.7% YoY, a milestone for workstation sales. The strong rebound in workstation shipments was no surprise, as positive signs regarding the pandemic by mid-quarter (in the US and EMEA particularly), along with successful deployment of vaccines (though geographically varying) clearly improved purchasing outlooks among … Read more
Showcase design Graphisoft has chosen the Duke Ellington School of Arts redesign by cos graae+spack and Lance Bailey & Associates to showcase the power of Archicad 25. Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts notes that the choice of this building is fitting for the new world we’re encountering after 2020. It is an addition and revamp of the school’s original building, a … Read more
The basic concept of Deep Learning Super Sampling—DLSS—is just what its name implies. Nvidia trains a deep learning AI model with very high-quality images on a supercomputer and provides that model along with their GPU driver. Games use that model during gameplay to create a higher resolution image using computations based on lower resolution game renders along with the power … Read more
Direct and to the point: new features in Archicad 25 Graphisoft, a company of German AECO software group Nemetschek, has unveiled Archicad 25 and has also announced that its upcoming Building Together 2021 conference will again be virtual. It will be held September 14-16; it will be free and registration is open. In a short press presentation, teeing up the … Read more
Few people love ray racing more than me. And now Nvidia has made it possible to see ray tracing in a fast action FPS on a low-power notebook, proving it isn’t the CPU that makes it work. At GDC, Nvidia showed Wolfenstein: Youngblood running with ray-traced reflections enabled and DLSS in operation on an eight-core MediaTek CPU and an Nvidia … Read more
If you’re going to go into the game console business, and don’t own a beloved Italian plumber franchise, then you’re probably going to be talking to AMD. AMD’s APU is making a clean sweep of every next-gen console. Valve’s proposed Steam Deck is a portable PC with an integrated 7-inch screen and game controls instead of a keyboard (although a … Read more
Pixar recently released RenderMan version 24. The highlight of this release is a new CPU + GPU hybrid renderer called RenderMan XPU. Pixar says that XPU has been designed for look development and to provide a good match to RenderMan's production pathtracer, RIS. XPU can handle the scale and complexity of Pixar’s feature animation projects. Pixar’s next-gen rendering engine can … Read more
Kubotek’s version of MBE crosses the divide between 2D and 3D. It enables users to add dimensions and PMI (product manufacturing information) to create 3D models that combine the best of 2D and 3D. It’s been a while since we wrote about Kubotek, makers of KeyCreator and utilities for manufacturing. It’s a venerable company with long experience in 2D … Read more
Blackbird’s cloud-based video editing and distribution tools are designed to enable fast turnaround from capture to broadcast. The company is announcing a multi-year deal with Univision, the leading Spanish-language media and content company in the United States for large-scale video production. Univision selected Blackbird to enable efficient video production across its streaming and digital media operations. The companies say Univision’s … Read more
