Omniverse updates at the CES 2023!

In nuce: At the CES 2023 (Consumer Electronics Show), graphics card manufacturer Nvidia announced various innovations for its Omniverse collaboration platform. This is according to an announcement from 3 January 2023, published by Omniverse Vice President Frank DeLise on blogs.nvidia.com. The announced highlights include: AI tools for 3D artists, an extension for Blender and the early access of RTX Remixer (for the purpose of ray-tracing and DLSS-based remasters of gaming classics).

In toto: Below is an outline of the announced highlights for Omniverse – and the corresponding video of Nvidia’s special address at CES 2023, moderated by Jeff Fisher, Senior Vice President at Nvidia.

NVIDIA Special Address at CES 2023

New, experimental AI tools for 3D artists: This concerns the tools Audio2Face, Audio2Gesture and Audio2Emotion. These are tools for 3D character animation, all of which have received a performance update.
Extension for Blender: The Blender Alpha version is now available for the Omniverse Launcher. This allows geometries to be repaired, UVs to be generated automatically and high-resolution CAD files (computer-aided design) to be downsampled to a more practical polycount. Users can now easily transfer shape keys and rigged characters – or attach the head of one from Omniverse Audio2Face. Audio2Face is an AI-powered tool that automatically creates realistic facial expressions based on audio files.
Nvidia RTX Remix will soon be available as Early Access: Such classic games that caused a sensation with RTX remasters from the modder community include Half-Life 2 and Max Payne. RTX Remix is a modding platform that – as stated on nvidia.com – utilises “powerful AI tools” to “enhance classic games and quickly create stunning RTX remasters with ray tracing and DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) .”
Update for Canvas: This will be available to users of Nvidia’s RTX graphics cards. Canvas is an AI tool that can be used to create low-threshold landscapes.
Omniverse will soon be pre-installed on the first Nvidia Studio laptops: As Nvidia mentioned, laptops from Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer Gigabyte Technology will already ship with the Omniverse Launcher this year (this also includes laptops from Gigabyte’s gaming division Aorus)
New, free USD assets: The number of these should be in the thousands.

Turn the page: In our previous three-part advertorial series on Nvidia’s Omniverse, we reported on the basics of the collaboration platform (“Omniverse” on page 56 of DP 03 : 2022), how it can be set up professionally (“Getting started with Omniverse” on p. 84 of DP 04 : 2022) and how a sensible workflow can be set up (“Working in Omniverse” on p. 87 of DP 05 : 2022; the issue is also available as a free trial copy!).

Clicked further: Nvidia’s announcement, published in the course of CES 2023, can be viewed at blogs.nvidia.com . On 9 January 2023 , Digital Production recently reported on Omniverse – at that time, an extensive update for Omniverse Enterprise was worth reporting.

Sources: 80.lv ( announcement by Gloria Levine), blogs.nvidia.com ( announcement by Frank Delise)