{"id":2864,"date":"2023-02-01T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2023\/02\/01\/meet-the-omnivore-architectural-researcher-lights-up-omniverse-scenes-with-sunpath-extension\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:00:57","slug":"meet-the-omnivore-architectural-researcher-lights-up-omniverse-scenes-with-sunpath-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2023\/02\/01\/meet-the-omnivore-architectural-researcher-lights-up-omniverse-scenes-with-sunpath-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Omnivore: Architectural Researcher Lights Up Omniverse Scenes With \u2018SunPath\u2019 Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor\u2019s note: This post is a part of our <\/i>Meet the Omnivore<\/i><\/a> series, which features individual creators and developers who use <\/i>NVIDIA Omniverse<\/i><\/a> to accelerate their 3D workflows and create virtual worlds.<\/i><\/p>\n

Things are a lot sunnier these days for designers looking to visualize their projects in NVIDIA Omniverse<\/a>, a platform for creating and operating metaverse<\/a> applications.<\/p>\n

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Pingfan Wu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pingfan Wu, a senior architectural researcher at the Hunan Architectural Design Institute (HNADI) Group in south-central China, developed an Omniverse extension that makes controlling the sun and its effects on scenes within the platform more intuitive and precise.<\/p>\n

Wu has won multiple awards for his work with Omniverse extensions \u2014 core building blocks that let anyone create and extend functions of the Omniverse using the popular Python or C++ programming languages.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSunPath\u201d extension lets users easily add, manipulate and update a sun-path diagram within the Omniverse viewport.<\/p>\n

This enables designers to visualize how the sun will impact a site or building at different times of day throughout the year, which is critical for the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AECO) industry.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cTo achieve digitization in the AECO industry, the first task is to build a bridge for data interoperability between design tools, and the only platform that can fill this role is Omniverse,\u201d Wu said. \u201cBased on the Universal Scene Description<\/a> framework, Omniverse enables designers to collaborate using different software.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the excellent rendering power of Omniverse makes the sunlight look very realistic, Wu added.<\/p>\n

Award-Winning Omniverse Extension<\/b><\/h2>\n

The extension shined brightly in NVIDIA\u2019s inaugural #ExtendOmniverse contest<\/a> last fall, winning the \u201cscene modifier or manipulator tools\u201d category.<\/p>\n

The competition invited developers to use the Omniverse Code<\/a> app to create their own Omniverse extensions for a chance to win an NVIDIA RTX<\/a> GPU.<\/p>\n

Wu decided to join, as he saw the potential for Omniverse\u2019s real-time, collaborative, AI-powered tools to let designers \u201cfocus more on ideas and design rather than on rendering and struggling to connect models from different software,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Many design tools that come with a skylight feature lack realistic shadows, the researcher had noticed. His \u201cSunPath\u201d extension \u2014 built in just over a month \u2014 solves this problem, as designers can import scenes to Omniverse and create accurate sun studies quickly and easily.<\/p>\n

They can even use \u201cSunPath\u201d to perform energy-consumption analyses to make design results more efficient, Wu added.<\/p>\n

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More Wins With Omniverse<\/b><\/h2>\n

Participating in the #ExtendOmniverse contest inspired Wu to develop further applications of Omniverse for AECO, he said.<\/p>\n

He led his team at HNADI, which includes eight members who are experts in both architecture and technology, to create a platform that enables users to customize AECO-specific digital twins<\/a>. Dubbed HNADI-AECKIT, the platform extends an Omniverse Connector to Rhino<\/a>, a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design software.<\/p>\n

It won two awards at last year\u2019s AEC Hackathon in China: first prize overall and in the \u201cBest Development of the Omniverse\u201d track.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe core technical advantage of HNADI-AECKIT is that it opens up a complete linkage between Rhino and Omniverse,\u201d Wu said. \u201cAny output from Rhino can be quickly converted into a high-fidelity, information-visible, interactive, customizable digital-twin scene in Omniverse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about HNADI-AECKIT:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Join In on the Creation<\/b><\/h2>\n

Creators and developers across the world can download NVIDIA Omniverse for free<\/a>, and enterprise teams<\/a> can use the platform for their 3D projects.<\/p>\n

Discover how to build an Omniverse extension in less than 10 minutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a deeper dive into developing on Omniverse, attend these sessions at GTC<\/a>, a global conference for the era of AI and the metaverse, running March 20-23.<\/p>\n

Find additional documentation and tutorials in the Omniverse Resource Center<\/a>, which details how developers like Wu can build custom USD-based applications and extensions<\/a> for the platform.<\/p>\n

To discover more free tools, training and a community for developers, join the NVIDIA Developer Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Follow NVIDIA Omniverse on <\/i>Instagram<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>Medium<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>Twitter<\/i><\/a> and <\/i>YouTube<\/i><\/a> for additional resources and inspiration. Check out the Omniverse <\/i>forums<\/i><\/a>, and join our <\/i>Discord server<\/i><\/a> and <\/i>Twitch<\/i><\/a> <\/i>channel<\/i> to chat with the community.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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