OpenXR is an open, royalty-free standard for access to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) platforms, devices and 3D configurators. It will be developed by a working group led by the consortium of the Khronos Group. OpenXR was announced by the Khronos Group on 27 February 2017 during GDC 2017. A preliminary version [...]
There are only a few days left before the start (3D configurators) of the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, while the Khronos released their first session for their Developers Day during the highly anticipated event. It's not surprising that the Khronos Group and its [...]
Right now you are probably reading this article on your smartphone or playing VR wirelessly over a 4G internet connection (sufficient for good WebGL 3D configurators). HTC has just announced that the 5G Mobile Smart Hub will be released in the second quarter of 2019. The [...]
In movies, video games, virtual reality environments, 3D configurators and other computer graphics arenas, lighting is the key to accurate representations of our physical world. The calculation of real-looking lighting remains complex and inefficient because the need to consider all possible paths light can take remains too costly for each pixel in real time. [...]
Cone tracing and beam tracing are a derivative of the raytracing algorithm for 3D configurators, which replaces beams that have no thickness with thick beams. This is for two reasons: From the physical point of view of the transport perspective. The energy that the pixel reaches comes [...]
Mip-Mapping is an anti-aliasing method that is used in many 3D rendering applications like 3D configurators. The method is usually used in game visualization and 3D image rendering. Mip-mapping removes the "moiré" patterns that usually occur in detailed textures with many lines. Moiré patterns appear when an applied texture is further away and the [...]
Environmental mapping is a scheme that improves the mapping techniques of chrome and refraction mapping for example to create a 3D configurator. It is useful because raytracing can be very expensive in a reflective environment. Environment Mapping reflect these reflections cheaper and with less loss of accuracy. [...]
Monkeytoe, the New Zealand and Australian manufacturer of roof access and HVAC plant mounting systems, streamlines the customer's planning process and reduces design time for example to create a 3D configurator with immediate 3D BIM downloads. CINCINNATI, April 18, 2019 - Monkeytoe, the manufacturer of roof access and [...]
The trend to work from home or far away from a company's headquarters has been gaining in importance for some years now. Several large companies are opening regional offices across the country and around the world to expand their businesses in other areas. But to improve the productivity and efficiency of remote teams, management [...]
ALSTOM and Eurostar have signed contracts with Dassault Systèmes, France, to use the 3D configurator digital platform for train design and asset management. ALSTOM will use the system during the planning phase of the Pop-Regional EMUs commissioned by Italian operator Trenitalia in August 2016. The system ensures that [...]
