Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.73
August 08, 2023
…computer-vision AI models and test systems integration for robots. Volvo Cars has transitioned its digital twin to be OpenUSD-based, using Omniverse to create immersive visualizations to help customers make online purchasing decisions. Marks Design, a brand design and experience agency, is using Omniverse and OpenUSD to streamline collaboration and improve its animation, visualization, and rendering workflows. Luxury electric vehicle maker DENZA, a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and BYD, has worked with communications firm WPP and NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud to build the next generation of car configurators. WPP can use generative AI or scans of real-world environments captured by a Boston…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.33
September 15, 2020
…test-drive cars not yet physically built or mocked up, Volvo has been using Varjo’s XR-1 hardware. The driver drives a real car wearing the XR-1 headset to experience the inside of a car that only exists in pixels. XR, which stands for extended reality, is AR hardware that can combine digital and physical realities. (For more, read “Are you ready for extended reality?” August 2019). Some of Varjo’s customers use its AR/VR headsets (shown here, Varjo XR-1) to drive real cars. The goal is to experience the interior of cars still in development and not yet built. Image courtesy of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.56
October 09, 2020
…self-driving trucks with the big truck manufacturers Daimler and Volvo. Switching to automated drivers will not only save billions, but it also has the potential to save thousands of lives. Crashes involving large trucks killed 3,903 people in the US in 2014, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and a further 110,000 people were injured. More than 90% of the accidents were caused at least in part by driver error. Driver fatigue is a factor in roughly one out of seven fatal accidents. Most of us when we were taught to drive growing up were told to avoid…
