Jacobs launches flood modelling platform

Jacobs launches flood modelling platform

Cloud-based ‘Flood Platform’ designed to support faster, data-driven decisions on infrastructure flood resilience Jacobs has introduced Flood Platform, a cloud-hosted hub for advanced flood modelling that is designed to support the planning and delivery of critical...

NavLive selects Nvidia to power AI construction scanner

Nvidia Jetson Orin combines CPU, GPU, and deep learning accelerators to power real-time SLAM and object detection  NavLive has chosen the Nvidia Jetson Orin system-on-module as the core of its latest handheld construction scanner, enabling ‘advanced real-time...
Chaos V-Ray to support AMD GPUs

Chaos V-Ray to support AMD GPUs

Includes AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro processor with up to 96 GB of graphics memory Chaos V-Ray will soon support AMD GPUs, so users of the photorealistic rendering software can choose from a wider range of graphics hardware including the AMD Radeon Pro W7000 series and the...

Cintoo launches ArcGIS integration

Esri Experience Builder Widget for ArcGIS brings high-fidelity 3D scan data to into GIS environment Cintoo has released Esri Experience Builder Widget for ArcGIS, enabling users to stream and interact with high-resolution, mesh-based laser scan data directly within...
Driving AI design upstream

Driving AI design upstream

Software developers are using AI to generate co-pilots and remove the drudgery of repetitive manual tasks. However, there may well be a time when AI will take a sketch or basic idea and design the entire building. Amazingly, North Carolina-based Higharc appears close...
Chaos: from pixels to prompts

Chaos: from pixels to prompts

Chaos is blending generative AI with traditional visualisation, rethinking how architects explore, present and refine ideas using tools like Veras, Enscape, and V-Ray, writes Greg Corke From scanline rendering to photorealism, real-time viz to realt-ime ray tracing,...