Holodeck

NVIDIA Holodeck: Photorealistic Collaborative Design in VR

NVIDIA Holodeck is a virtual reality (VR) innovation platform designed to bring designers, peers, and stakeholders together from anywhere in the world. It allows users to build and explore creations in a highly realistic, collaborative, and physically simulated VR environment. This platform is designed to enhance collaboration, speed up productivity, and improve the entire creative process.

Benefits

NVIDIA Holodeck offers several key advantages:

• Realistic Collaboration: Brings together teams from around the world in a single virtual space, eliminating the need for travel.
• High-Fidelity Visualization: Allows users to review and interact with designs in full fidelity, ensuring accurate representation and feedback.
• Dynamic Content Creation: Enables artists to import high-quality, computer-generated assets to create dynamic scenes and visualize them in VR.
• Enhanced Productivity: Streamlines the design process by allowing real-time collaboration and immediate feedback.

Use Cases

NVIDIA Holodeck is versatile and can be used in various industries and applications:

• Design Review: Designers in fields such as automotive and architecture can review their concepts with colleagues and clients from anywhere. This real-time collaboration helps convey ideas, share feedback, and efficiently reach design goals.
• VR Content Creation: Artists can import movie-quality assets into Holodeck to create dynamic scenes. The platform allows for the design of entire sets digitally and the visualization of scenes in high-fidelity VR, empowering content creators to collaborate on high-quality content.

Vibes

Early users of NVIDIA Holodeck have shared their positive experiences:

• CannonDesign: Hilda Espinal, SVP & CTO, noted that Holodeck breaks down distance barriers, enhancing virtual collaboration and strengthening the design process.
• Toyota: Koichi Kayano, Project Manager of 3dData Utilization, highlighted the ability to conduct VR collaboration anywhere in the world with high-quality virtual vehicles.
• Koenigsegg: Christian von Koenigsegg, Founder of Koenigsegg Automotive AB, expressed excitement about the possibilities of Holodeck technology for allowing customers to experience the bespoke nature of their vehicles before they are built.
• NASA: Frank Delgado, Lead for NASA's Hybrid Reality Lab, mentioned that Holodeck enables clear visualization of models, easy collaboration in a physically simulated environment, and efficient review to ensure the efficiency and safety of designs.
• KPF: Cobus Bothma, Senior Associate Principal and Applied Research Director, stated that Holodeck enables real-world and model-scale immersion of designs, with amazingly accurate visuals and physics, allowing real-time collaboration with designers worldwide.

Additional Information

NVIDIA Holodeck is available for early access to select designers and developers. Interested users can apply for early access by logging in with or creating an NVIDIA account. The platform has specific system requirements, including high-end graphics cards, VR headsets, and a powerful computer setup. It supports export models from popular design software such as Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, and SOLIDWORKS Visualize.

NVIDIA Holodeck has been featured in various VR news highlights, including an experience based on the movie 'Ready Player One' and a collaboration with Volkswagen to design the AI-infused VW I.D. Buzz.