At CES this year, zSpace introduced their new 15-inch 3D laptop. It is a passive 3D display system, but those few words don’t really do it justice. The laptop employs zSpace’s patented 3D screen technology and uses a pair of extremely lightweight circular polarized glasses. Inside is an AMD APU A9-9420, 8GB of DDR4 main memory, 256GB SSD, wireless … Read more
What is GPU virtualization? Conceptually, virtualization is the capability of a device to host one or more virtual machines (VMs) that each behave like actual independent machines with their its own operating system (OS), all running on the same underlying device hardware. For GPUs, this means the capability to support multiple operating systems running concurrently, each capable of submitting graphics … Read more
Last year at AWE, Prague-based VRgineers showed their super wide 180-degree FOV headset with “5K” displays, the XTAL. The XTAL headset was available in the U.S. for $5,800. (Source: VRgineers) The over-sized 770 g (1.7 lbs) HMD (including a head strap and balance counterweight) measures 299 mm × 123 mm × 140 mm (11.8 inch × 4.8 inch × … Read more
At AWE this week, Qualcomm introduced its new Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Smart Viewer reference design that, the company says, will make it easier for hardware companies to create lightweight augmented reality glasses. XR1 is Qualcomm’s newest generation platform that, the company says, when implemented by its OEMs will bring mainstream users high-quality XR experiences. The XR1 platform also has special … Read more
Facebook now offers three Oculus VR head-mounted display (HMD) systems, a revamped Rift S, all-in-one portable Go, and the latest, a gaming HMD, the Quest. Facebook’s VR HMDs For reference, a can of tomato soup weighs about 350 g so wearing a VR HMD would be like strapping one and a half cans of soup to your head, how long would … Read more
Game engines are becoming powerful tools for a variety of work beyond the game industry. Of the largest areas of opportunity is the CAD market, but game engines are still difficult for people to use especially if their real job has nothing to do with learning game engines. Unreal has been working on this problem with tools for working with … Read more
Foundry has announced that it is getting acquired by Roper Technologies, Inc, a constituent of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000, and the Russell 1000 indices. The acquisition will be an all-cash transaction of £410 million ($540 million) with transfer of ownership from London-based equity firm HgCapital to Roper Technologies. Roper is a diversified technology company that operates businesses designing and … Read more
Imagination technologies have given us a more detailed look at how its PowerVR Series 2NX inferencing accelerator benefits from the variable bit depth quantization that is its unique feature. The AX 2185 core is the only one of these accelerators (as well as the later generation Series 3 devices) that we know to have been put into production; an IMG … Read more
The year is 1995, the world was full of promise, opposing political parties were civil to each other and a new idea called virtual reality was being introduced for PCs and other devices. The internet bubble hadn’t popped yet, the 2000 bug hadn’t been thought of yet, and Annie Lennox sang about No More I love You’s, while Van Halen … Read more
Glassbox is debuting their new cross-platform virtual camera and real-time collaboration tools. Glassbox began as Opaque media, was founded by Norman Wang in 2012 to develop content for VR. Opaque Media created Earthlight: Spacewalk, a VR experience developed with the help of NASA to communicate the experience of space via VR. In the process of developing content, the team developed … Read more
When I first encountered Varjo’s human eye resolution VR HMD in 2017, it was impressive but rough around the edges. The company, based in Helsinki, has since grown from 12 to 112 people and has raised $51 million. Their headset is targeted to design and simulation customers. Varjo has taken the blank outside face plate and put a reflective surface on … Read more
Rendering and VR are strong messages for graphics vendors at SolidWorks World 2019 and AMD was riding high on those bandwagons. In addition, AMD is highlighting new GPU accelerated features in SolidWorks 2019. The company also highlighted new workstation options. In short, AMD had a pretty good story to tell at the show. The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer telescope is a … Read more
