DENVER, July 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SIGGRAPH — NVIDIA today announced major advancements to Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD), expanding adoption of the universal 3D data exchange framework into robotics, industrial design and engineering, and empowering developers to build highly accurate virtual worlds for the next evolution of AI.
Built on the NVIDIA Omniverse™ platform, the new OpenUSD-based generative AI and NVIDIA-accelerated development framework enables more industries to develop applications for visualizing industrial design and engineering projects, and simulating environments for building the next generation of physical AI and robotics.
New services include NVIDIA NIM™ microservices for AI models to generate OpenUSD language to answer user queries, generate OpenUSD Python code, apply materials to 3D objects, and understand 3D space and physics to accelerate digital twin development. Additionally, new USD connectors to data formats and developer tools for robotics and industrial simulation enable users to stream large, fully NVIDIA RTX™ ray-traced datasets to Apple Vision Pro.
“We’re seeing a boom in generative AI in heavy industry,” said Rev Lebaredian, vice president of Omniverse and Simulation Technologies at NVIDIA. “Until recently, the digital world was primarily used by the creative industries. Now, with the enhancements and accessibility that NVIDIA NIM microservices bring to OpenUSD, industries of all kinds can build physics-based virtual worlds and digital twins to drive innovation and prepare for the next wave of AI: robotics.”
Generative AI Comes to USD with NVIDIA NIM
NVIDIA has developed the world’s first generative AI model for OpenUSD development, available as an NVIDIA NIM microservice, that enables developers to incorporate generative AI co-pilots and agents into USD workflows, unlocking the possibilities of the 3D world and accelerating the adoption of USD in new industries, including manufacturing, automotive and robotics.
The microservices available in preview are:
USD Code NIM Microservice – Answers general knowledge questions about OpenUSD and automatically generates OpenUSD-Python code based on text prompts. This code can be input into OpenUSD viewing apps such as Pixar’s usdview or NVIDIA Omniverse Kit-based applications for visualizing corresponding 3D data. USD Search NIM Microservice – Enables developers to search a vast library of OpenUSD, 3D, and image data using natural language or image input. USD Validate NIM Microservice – Checks compatibility of uploaded files with OpenUSD release versions and generates fully RTX-rendered, path-traced images utilizing the NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud API (application programming interface).
Newly announced microservices available soon include:
USD Layout NIM Microservice – Helps users assemble OpenUSD-based scenes from a series of text prompts driven by spatial intelligence. USD SmartMaterial NIM Microservice – Predicts and applies realistic materials to computer-aided design objects. fVDB Mesh Generation NIM Microservice – Generates OpenUSD-based meshes rendered by the Omniverse Cloud API from point cloud data. fVDB Physics Super-Res NIM Microservice – Runs AI super-resolution on a frame or sequence of frames to generate high-resolution OpenUSD-based physics simulations. fVDB NeRF-XL NIM Microservice – Generates large-scale neural radiation fields in OpenUSD using the Omniverse Cloud API.
Foxconn, a global manufacturing leader with more than 170 factories around the world, is already benefiting from NVIDIA’s computing platform, using NIM microservices and Omniverse to create digital twins of its factories in development.
“Digital twins will help accelerate the next wave of industrial manufacturing and autonomous machines,” said Zhe Shi, chief digital officer and head of smart manufacturing platforms at Foxconn. “NVIDIA Omniverse and the new NIM microservices democratize digital twin development capabilities, enabling our teams to build physics-based virtual factories faster than ever before.”
WPP, a global leader in marketing and communications services, is an early adopter of USD Search and USD Code NIM microservices, implementing these services into a generative AI-enabled content creation pipeline built on NVIDIA Omniverse for clients such as The Coca-Cola Company.
“What’s great about this innovation is how compatible it is with the way we work and how it leverages open standards, not only accelerating our future work but allowing us to continue to build and extend the utility of all our previous investments in standards like OpenUSD,” said Stephen Pretorius, chief technology officer at WPP. “NVIDIA NIM microservices, along with NVIDIA Omniverse, have enabled us to launch innovative new production tools with companies like The Coca-Cola Company at unprecedented speed.”
USD Connector Brings Generative AI to More Industries
A set of new USD connectors for Robotics Data Format and streaming to Apple Vision Pro opens the OpenUSD interoperability and advanced authoring portal to more industries.
NVIDIA and Siemens, a global leader in industrial automation and software, are expanding their collaboration to accelerate more industrial workloads using OpenUSD. Siemens is integrating the OpenUSD pipeline with its Simcenter simulation technology portfolio to support evidence-based decision-making and collaboration among key stakeholders.
The integration enables high-fidelity, real-time photorealistic visualization of complex simulation data, providing deeper insight into product performance in real-world operating environments. This initiative builds on Siemens’ efforts to incorporate Omniverse into its Teamcenter product lifecycle management portfolio.
NVIDIA also released a Unified Robotics Description Format to OpenUSD connector, enabling robotics engineers to seamlessly bring robot data between applications such as design, simulation and reinforcement learning.
To further expand the OpenUSD ecosystem, NVIDIA has launched the OpenUSD Exchange software development kit, enabling developers to build their own robust OpenUSD data connectors.
New developer tools and APIs for streaming large OpenUSD scenes from applications built on the Omniverse platform to Apple Vision Pro via the NVIDIA Graphics Delivery Network are now available for early access.
“OpenUSD is revolutionizing the way we create and interact with 3D content,” said Steve May, chief technology officer at Pixar and chairman of the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD). “We expect the new services and APIs for OpenUSD built by NVIDIA will accelerate the growth and adoption of USD, making it easier for new users and industries to get involved.”
OpenUSD Ecosystem Momentum
Last year, NVIDIA co-founded AOUSD along with Pixar, Adobe, Apple and Autodesk. Through AOUSD, NVIDIA and other collaborators have announced new OpenUSD releases, progress on the OpenUSD core specification, and new members.
availability
The USD Search, USD Code and USD Validate NIM microservices are available as preview in the NVIDIA API Catalog, and the OpenUSD to URDF connector is now available in NVIDIA Isaac Sim™.
Developers can get started integrating generative AI into their OpenUSD workflows using the new Omniverse developer tools and reference workflows for building generative AI-enabled synthetic data pipelines with OpenUSD.
Tune in to NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang to learn more about the latest in generative AI and accelerated computing at SIGGRAPH, the world’s leading computer graphics conference, in Denver through August 1.
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