Tools and platforms for creating, streaming, and interacting with virtual environments, from game engines to digital twins.
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NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has introduced digital twin and simulation capabilities designed to streamline system development. The company uses data-based simulation models to create virtual versions of drive systems
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Waymo has launched the Waymo World Model, a generative system designed to simulate driving environments at scale. Built on Genie 3, the model produces interactive 3D scenes tailored to autonomous driving.
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Odyssey announced new funding from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Samsung Next to accelerate its research toward a general-purpose world simulator.
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Propeller, a 3D mapping and data platform used by mining, aggregates, and civil industries, has acquired Spacesium, a company specializing in spatial data science. Propeller is known for tools that help teams map, measure, and manage worksites using aerial imagery and real-time data.
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Khronos Group released a draft update to glTF that adds support for 3D Gaussian splat data. The group said the rapid growth of Gaussian splatting could lead to fragmentation without standardization. The draft is open for industry feedback ahead of final approval.
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Google DeepMind has announced Genie 3, a general-purpose world model that simulates interactive environments in real time. Users can navigate these dynamic scenes and trigger changes using both movement and text-based inputs
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Nucleus4D has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its spatial computing platform for digitizing real-world environments. The round was led by Antler and South Loop Ventures
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World Labs has launched the World API, a tool for generating explorable 3D environments from text, images, panoramas, and video. Powered by Marble, the company’s multimodal world model
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The NBA has announced the latest group in its Launchpad program, which finds and tests new technologies that could shape the future of basketball. For its fifth year, the league picked five companies from a pool of over 200 applicants.
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1X has introduced 1XWM, a world model that enables robots to take real-world actions by generating video predictions. Unlike common robot systems that learn through large volumes of robot-specific data, 1XWM is trained primarily on internet-scale human video.
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Caterpillar has expanded its partnership with NVIDIA to apply AI across its core operations, including connected machines, autonomous systems, voice interfaces, and manufacturing infrastructure.
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Tencent has open-sourced HY-Motion 1.0, a new family of models that generate 3D human motion from text prompts. Built on Diffusion Transformers and Flow Matching, Tencent says it is the first model of its kind to reach a billion parameters