Nvidia Launches Omniverse Cloud Service for the Industrial Metaverse
- By DSAITrends editors
- October 05, 2022
Nvidia has announced its first software-as-a-service solution for artists, developers, and enterprises to work on the industrial metaverse using the processing capabilities of its data centers to design and publish metaverse applications.
The Nvidia Omniverse Cloud is a comprehensive suite of services backed by Nvidia OVX for graphics and physics simulation, Nvidia HGX for AI workloads, and Nvidia Graphics Delivery Network (GDN) to deliver high-performance, low latency metaverse graphics at the edge.
Industrial metaverse
Nvidia’s vision is a wide-ranging one that envisions leveraging its enterprise GPUs and global infrastructure to power new services that researchers, developers, and designers can use to create the metaverse.
Nvidia is also pushing the Universal Scene Description (USD) standard, which is used to share 3D scenes and facilitate the exchange of data between virtual worlds and the physical realm.
Richard Kerris, vice president of the Omniverse at Nvidia, compared USD to HTML: “The next evolution of the internet called the metaverse will be extended with 3D. [The] traditional internet that we know today connects websites described in HTML and viewed through a browser. The metaverse is going to be the evolution of that internet connecting virtual 3D worlds using USD.”
Nvidia says roboticists can train, simulate, test, and deploy AI-enabled intelligent machines with increased scalability and accessibility with USD. Moreover, autonomous vehicle engineers can generate physically based sensor data and simulate traffic scenarios to test a variety of road and weather conditions for safe self-driving deployment.
Moving into the future
Marketing services organization WPP joined various partners at Nvidia’s announcement to launch its automotive marketing services on Omniverse Cloud to deliver custom, advanced 3D content, and experiences to leading automotive brands.
“The industry expectation for what great automotive content looks like, in any channel, has increased dramatically in the past few years,” said Stephan Pretorius, chief technology officer at WPP. “With Omniverse Cloud, we are changing the way we build, share and consume automotive content – bringing sustainable, low-emission production to our customers.”
Other partners include Siemens, a leader in industrial automation hardware and software, and RIMAC, a pioneer in electric vehicle technologies.
“The metaverse, the 3D internet, connects virtual 3D worlds described in USD and viewed through a simulation engine,” said Jensen Huang, founder, and CEO of Nvidia. “With Omniverse in the cloud, we can connect teams worldwide to design, build, and operate virtual worlds and digital twins.”
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