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NVIDIA today recognized 18 partners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for their achievements and commitment to driving AI adoption. The recipients were honored at the annual EMEA Partner Day hosted by the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN). The awards span seven categories that highlight the various ways partners work with NVIDIA to transform the region’s industries with AI. “This year marks another milestone for NVIDIA and our partners across EMEA as we pioneer technological breakthroughs and unlock new business opportunities using NVIDIA’s full-stack platform,” said Dirk Barfuss, director of EMEA channel at NVIDIA. “These awards celebrate our partners’ dedication and expertise in delivering groundbreaking solutions that drive cost efficiencies, enhance productivity and inspire innovation.” The 2024 NPN award winners for EMEA are: Rising Star Awards Vesper Technologies received the Rising Star Northern Europe award for its exceptional revenue growth and broad customer base deploying NVIDIA AI solutions in data centers. The company has demonstrated outstanding growth in recent years, augmenting the success of its existing business. AMBER AI & Data Science Solutions GmbH received the Rising Star Central Europe award for its revenue growth of more than 100% across the complete portfolio of NVIDIA technologies. Through extensive collaboration with NVIDIA, the company has become a cornerstone of the NVIDIA partner landscape in Germany. HIPER Global Enterprise Ltd. received the Rising Star Southern Europe & Middle East award for its excellence in serving its broad customer base with NVIDIA compute technologies. Last year, it supported one of the largest customer projects in the region, further accelerating its growth rate. Star Performer Awards Boston Limited received the Star Performer Northern Europe award for its consistent success in delivering full-stack implementations of NVIDIA technologies for customers across industries. The company over the last year achieved record revenue growth across its business areas. DELTA Computer Products GmbH received the Star Performer Central Europe award for its outstanding sales achievements and strong customer relationships. With a massive technical knowledge base, the company has served as a trusted advisor for customers deploying NVIDIA technologies across industry, higher education and research. COMMit DMCC received the Star Performer Southern Europe & Middle East award for its exceptional execution of strategic and complex solutions built on NVIDIA technologies, which led to record revenues for the United Arab Emirates-based company. Distributor of the Year PNY received the Distributor of the Year award for the third consecutive year, underscoring its consistent investment in technology training and commitment to providing NVIDIA accelerated computing platforms and software across markets. TD Synnex received the Networking Distributor of the Year award for the second year in a row, highlighting its massive investments in NVIDIA’s portfolio of technologies — especially networking — and dedication to delivering technical expertise to customers. Go-to-Market Excellence Bynet Data Communications Ltd. received the Go-to-Market Excellence award for its collaboration with NVIDIA regional leads to devise and execute effective go-to-market strategies for the Israeli market. This included identifying key opportunities and creating localized marketing campaigns. Its efforts led to great success with the installation of NVIDIA DGX SuperPODs into several new industries in the region. Vesper Technologies was Highly Commended in the Go-to-Market Excellence category for its fully integrated go-to-market strategy around the launch of the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip. The company successfully deployed a results-driven marketing campaign, demonstrated a commitment to technical training and developed a pre-sales trial and evaluation platform. M Computers s.r.o. was Highly Commended in the Go-to-Market Excellence category for its success and leadership in engaging AI customers in eastern Europe with NVIDIA technologies. The company’s marketing efforts, including speeches at AI events and social media campaigns, helped lead to the first NVIDIA DGX H100 and NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip projects in the region. Industry Innovation WPP received the Industry Innovation award for its innovative applications of AI and NVIDIA technology in the marketing and advertising sector. The company worked with NVIDIA to build a groundbreaking generative AI-powered content engine, built on the NVIDIA Omniverse platform, that enables the creation of brand-consistent content at scale. Ascon Systems was Highly Commended in the Industry Innovation category for its cutting-edge Industrial Metaverse Portal, powered by NVIDIA Omniverse, that helped transform BMW Group’s manufacturing processes with real-time product control and enhanced visualization and interaction. Gcore was Highly Commended in the Industry Innovation category for its creation of the first speech-to-text technology for Luxembourgish, using its fine-tuned LuxemBERT AI model. The technology integrates seamlessly into corporate systems and Luxembourgish messaging platforms, fostering the preservation of the traditionally spoken language, which lacked adequate tools for written communication. Pioneer Arrow Electronics – Intelligent Business Solutions received the Pioneer Award for its work promoting the NVIDIA IGX Orin platform for healthcare applications and building strategies to drive adoption of the technology. The company’s innovative approach and support led to the first integration of the NVIDIA IGX Orin Developer Kit with an NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPU for a robotic surgery platform. Consulting Partner of the Year SoftServe received the Consulting Partner of the Year award for its excellence in working with partners to drive the adoption of NVIDIA’s full-stack technologies, helping transform customers’ business with generative AI and NVIDIA Omniverse. Through its SoftServe University corporate learning hub, SoftServe trained its employees, customers and partners to expertly use NVIDIA technology. Deloitte was Highly Commended in the Consulting Partner of the Year category for its focus on building sales and technical skills, efforts to deliver meaningful impact through projects and go-to-market strategy that helped drive enterprise-level AI transformation in the region. Data Monsters was highly commended in the Consulting Partner of the Year category for its development of a virtual assistant with lifelike hearing, speech and animation capabilities using NVIDIA Avatar Cloud Engine and large language models. ​​Learn how to join NPN, or find a local NPN partner. View the full article

Immersive sims are traditionally thought of as single-player titles. They can be really dense and systems-heavy games in which having even one player introduces an incredible number of variables, as that one player uses the freedom they’re afforded to tackle situations in any number of ways. It takes no small amount… Read more... View the full article

The opening level of Doom 2 is very short. Without any practice, most players can easily finish it in less than a minute. But back in 1998, one skilled speedrunner completed the small level in five seconds. And finally, after nearly three decades of people suggesting it was impossible to beat, someone was able to… Read more... View the full article

Supergiant Games will soon be selecting a handful of players to be the first to try out Hades II. The hotly anticipated sequel to 2020’s roguelike darling is on the top of a lot of gamers’ wishlists, but not everybody will get a chance to try out the technical test. To spread the love to those fans who aren’t… Read more... View the full article

Step into the realm of the unseen with Robin Wang, CEO of Living Optics. The startup cofounder discusses the power of hyperspectral imaging with AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz in an episode recorded live at the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference. Living Optics’ hyperspectral imaging camera, which can capture visual data across 96 colors, reveals details invisible to the human eye. Potential applications are as diverse as monitoring plant health to detecting cracks in bridges. The startup aims to empower users across industries to gain new insights from richer, more informative datasets fueled by hyperspectral imaging technology. Living Optics is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program for cutting-edge startups. Stay tuned for more episodes recorded live from GTC. The AI Podcast · Living Optics CEO Robin Wang on Democratizing Hyperspectral Imaging Time Stamps 1:05: What is hyperspectral imaging? 1:45: The Living Optics camera’s ability to capture 96 colors 3:36: Where is hyperspectral imaging being used, and why is it so important? 7:19: How are hyperspectral images represented and accessed by the user? 9:34: Other use cases of hyperspectral imaging 13:07: What’s unique about Living Optics’ hyperspectral imaging camera? 18:36: Breakthroughs, challenges during the technology’s development 23:27: What’s next for Living Optics and hyperspectral imaging? You Might Also Like… Dotlumen CEO Cornel Amariei on Assisstive Technology for the Visually Impaired – Ep. 217 Dotlumen is illuminating a new technology to help people with visual impairments navigate the world. In this episode of NVIDIA’s AI Podcast, recorded live at the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference, host Noah Kravitz spoke with the Romanian startup’s founder and CEO, Cornel Amariei, about developing its flagship Dotlumen Glasses. DigitalPath’s Ethan Higgins on Using AI to Fight Wildfires – Ep. 211 DigitalPath is igniting change in the golden state — using computer vision, generative adversarial networks and a network of thousands of cameras to detect signs of fire in real time. In the latest episode of NVIDIA’s AI Podcast, host Noah Kravtiz spoke with DigitalPath system architect Ethan Higgins about the company’s role in the ALERTCalifornia initiative, a collaboration between California’s wildfire fighting agency CAL FIRE and the University of California, San Diego. MosaicML’s Naveen Rao on Making Custom LLMs More Accessible – Ep. 199 Startup MosaicML is on a mission to help the AI community enhance prediction accuracy, decrease costs, and save time by providing tools for easy training and deployment of large AI models. In this episode of NVIDIA’s AI Podcast, host Noah Kravitz speaks with MosaicML CEO and co-founder Naveen Rao about how the company aims to democratize access to large language models. Peter Ma on Using AI to Find Promising Signals for Alien Life – Ep. 191 In this episode of the NVIDIA AI Podcast, host Noah Kravitz interviews Ma, an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, about how he developed an AI algorithm that outperformed traditional methods in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Subscribe to the AI Podcast Get the AI Podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Google Play, Amazon Music, Castbox, DoggCatcher, Overcast, PlayerFM, Pocket Casts, Podbay, PodBean, PodCruncher, PodKicker, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and TuneIn. Make the AI Podcast better: Have a few minutes to spare? Fill out this listener survey. View the full article

Amazon’s new Fallout series is a smash hit and also, pretty dang good, too! And while the series is based on Bethesda’s popular post-apocalyptic RPG franchise of the same name, there are plenty of other games you can play after watching the show if you want more Fallout vibes. Read more... View the full article

If you’ve recently returned to Fallout 76 or are trying it for the first time, you probably can’t wait to get your hands on some power armor, the hulking metal suits that protect you from the irradiated wasteland’s dangers. They’ve been a central part of each game in the franchise, and Fallout 76 is no different.… Read more... View the full article

Amazon’s Fallout TV series has made waves since it dropped last week, mostly due to the quality of the work. Fallout’s one of the best video game adaptations we’ve gotten and one that enhances the series greatly. It also is situated at the very end of the known timeline of the games, serving as a sort of sequel to the… Read more... View the full article

Stellar Blade, the PS5’s upcoming action game where you get to play as a cute lady (feels good, right?), has had a demo out since March 29. Perhaps you’ve been playing it? Whether you’ve been enjoying it or found it too cumbersome at first, it’s always a good idea to brush up on some basics again. Read more... View the full article

Nintendo has delivered a brand-new Indie World showcase. It lasted about 20 minutes and gave us a look at some cute and cozy games, a few of which are launching today. Unfortunately, there was no Hollow Knight: Silksong news, but there was still plenty to get stoked about. Read more... View the full article

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If your social media is attuned to gay stuff, pop queens, or Coachella, you’ve probably heard Chappell Roan. The budding pop artist has been making waves on platforms like TikTok with songs like “Casual” and her latest single, “Good Luck, Babe!” Her Coachella performance has also been popping off, especially a clip of… Read more... View the full article

Final Fantasy XIV is no stranger to crossover and collaboration events, such as the recent event that had players running around Eorzea with Clive for a brand new Torgal mount. These events are often only running for a limited time, and the upcoming Yo-kai Watch collaboration is no different. Returning since its last… Read more... View the full article

Among the assortment of changes it brings to the game, Destiny 2’s new Into The Light update brings back fan-favorite weapons from years past. A Breech-Loaded grenade launcher is needed for the weekly quest “Climbing the Mountaintop.” However, it’s not entirely clear how to tell these apart from other grenade… Read more... View the full article

Today, Wednesday, April 17, Nintendo held a short Indie World Showcase. The tension in the air was palpable long before it started, as fans thought this might finally be the showcase to give us the long-awaited indie Metroidvania Hollow Knight: Silksong—the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed Hollow Knight—… Read more... View the full article

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Remember last year when Pokémon collaborated with the Van Gogh Museum for an incredible line of products and an exhibit in the Amsterdam facility? Then you may also recall how resellers, in desperate need to throw the plushies, art, and figures onto eBay at inflated prices, embarrassed themselves by ruining the… Read more... View the full article

Despite the fact that many hoped Larian Studios would continue its work on the critically acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3, whether it was via DLC or a sequel, the developer announced last month that it would be moving on. During a talk at the Game Developers Conference, Larian CEO Swen Vincke confirmed that the team was not… Read more... View the full article

Overwatch 2’s tenth season is officially underway, and everybody’s pretty happy with the new damage hero Venture, and the fact that they (and the rest of the Overwatch 2 cast) are officially free for everyone after being locked behind the battle pass for over a year. Blizzard has also added several foundational… Read more... View the full article

Ghost of Tsushima—the 2020 samurai RPG developed by Sucker Punch—isn’t the first PlayStation exclusive to come to PC, but it will mark the first time non-console gamers will get something akin to the true PlayStation experience. That’s because Sony is introducing a new in-game overlay for the latest version that will… Read more... View the full article

A favorite pastime of Kotaku is spotting the new and ludicrous ways people have found to best super-tough games like Elden Ring. Whether using a harp or an 'donkey', people are both incredible and incredibly inventive. It turns out, though, that not everyone’s capable of appreciating that. So when player Silithur completed… Read more... View the full article

After selling over 15 million copies in its first month, the mania around Palworld has cooled a bit. But deep-pocketed competitors have taken notice of the “Pokémon With Guns” survival crafting sim’s overnight success and are trying to copy it, according to the head of the studio behind the game. Read more... View the full article

Dragon’s Dogma 2 throws a lot of missions at you from the moment you start the game. Some of them require you to play detective and find a missing person, and some are affected by the passage of time. “A Beggar’s Tale,” meanwhile, may have you lamenting time’s slow passage as you watch a certain NPC and wait for him… Read more... View the full article

Editor’s note: This post is part of the AI Decoded series, which demystifies AI by making the technology more accessible, and which showcases new hardware, software, tools and accelerations for RTX PC users. Imagine a gorgeous vista, like a cliff along the water’s edge. Even as a 2D image, the scene would be beautiful and inviting. Now imagine exploring that same view in 3D – without needing to be there. NVIDIA RTX technology-powered AI helps turn such an imagination into reality. Using Instant NeRF, creatives are transforming collections of still images into digital 3D scenes in just seconds. Simply Radiant A NeRF, or neural radiance field, is an AI model that takes 2D images representing a scene as input and interpolates between them to render a complete 3D scene. The model operates as a neural network — a model that replicates how the brain is organized and is often used for tasks that require pattern recognition. Using spatial location and volumetric rendering, a NeRF uses the camera pose from the images to render a 3D iteration of the scene. Traditionally, these models are computationally intensive, requiring large amounts of rendering power and time. A recent NVIDIA AI research project changed that. Instant NeRF takes NeRFs to the next level, using AI-accelerated inverse rendering to approximate how light behaves in the real world. It enables researchers to construct a 3D scene from 2D images taken at different angles. Scenes can now be generated in seconds, and the longer the NeRF model is trained, the more detailed the resulting 3D renders. NVIDIA researchers released four neural graphics primitives, or pretrained datasets, as part of the Instant-NGP training toolset at the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference in 2022. The tools let anyone create NeRFs with their own data. The researchers won a best paper award for the work, and TIME Magazine named Instant NeRF a best invention of 2022. In addition to speeding rendering for NeRFs, Instant NeRF makes the entire image reconstruction process accessible using NVIDIA RTX and GeForce RTX desktop and laptop GPUs. While the time it takes to render a scene depends on factors like dataset size and the mix of image and video source content, the AI training doesn’t require server-grade or cloud-based hardware. NVIDIA RTX workstations and GeForce RTX PCs are ideally suited to meet the computational demands of rendering NeRFs. NVIDIA RTX and GeForce RTX GPUs feature Tensor Cores, dedicated AI hardware accelerators that provide the horsepower to run generative AI locally. Ready, Set, Go Get started with Instant NeRF to learn about radiance fields and experience imagery in a new way. Developers and tech enthusiasts can download the source-code base to compile. Nontechnical users can download the Windows installers for Instant-NGP software, available on GitHub. While the installer is available for a wide range of RTX GPUs, the program performs best on the latest-architecture GeForce RTX 40 Series and NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation GPUs. The “Getting Started With Instant NeRF” guide walks users through the process, including loading one of the primitives, such as “NeRF Fox,” to get a sense of what’s possible. Detailed instructions and video walkthroughs — like the one above — demonstrate how to create NeRFs with custom data, including tips for capturing good input imagery and compiling codebases (if built from source). The guide also covers using the Instant NeRF graphical user interface, optimizing scene parameters and creating an animation from the scene. The NeRF community also offers many tips and tricks to help users get started. For example, check out the livestream below and this technical blog post. Show and Tell Digital artists are composing beautiful scenes and telling fresh stories with NVIDIA Instant NeRF. The Instant NeRF gallery showcases some of the most innovative and thought-provoking examples, viewable as video clips in any web browser. Here are a few: “Through the Looking Glass” by Karen X. Cheng and James Perlman A pianist practices her song, part of her daily routine, though there’s nothing mundane about what happens next. The viewer peers into the mirror, a virtual world that can be observed but not traversed; it’s unreachable by normal means. Then, crossing the threshold, it’s revealed that this mirror is in fact a window into an inverted reality that can be explored from within. Which one is real? https://blogs.nvidia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/studio-ai-decoded-karenx-v9-1280x680-1.mp4 “Meditation” by Franc Lucent As soon as they walked into one of many rooms in Nico Santucci’s estate, Lucent knew they needed to turn it into a NeRF. Playing with the dynamic range and reflections in the pond, it presented the artist with an unknown exploration. They were pleased with the softness of the light and the way the NeRF elevates the room into what looks like something out of a dream — the perfect place to meditate. A NeRF can freeze a moment in a way that’s more immersive than a photo or video. https://blogs.nvidia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/studio-ai-decoded-franc-lucent-meditation-1280x680-1.mp4 “Zeus” by Hugues Bruyère These rendered 3D scenes with Instant NeRF use the data Bruyère previously captured for traditional photogrammetry using mirrorless digital cameras, smartphones, 360-degree cameras and drones. Instant NeRF gives him a powerful tool to help preserve and share cultural artifacts through online libraries, museums, virtual-reality experiences and heritage-conservation projects. This NeRF was trained using a dataset of photos taken with an iPhone at the Royal Ontario Museum. https://blogs.nvidia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/studio-ai-decoded-hugues-zeus-1280x680-1.mp4 From Image to Video to Reality Transforming images into a 3D scene with AI is cool. Stepping into that 3D creation is next level. Thanks to a recent Instant NeRF update, users can render their scenes from static images and virtually step inside the environments, moving freely within the 3D space. In virtual-reality (VR) environments, users can feel complete immersion into new worlds, all within their headsets. The potential benefits are nearly endless. For example, a realtor can create and share a 3D model of a property, offering virtual tours at new levels. Retailers can showcase products in an online shop, powered by a collection of images and AI running on RTX GPUs. These AI models power creativity and are helping drive the accessibility of 3D immersive experiences across other industries. Instant NeRF comes with the capability to clean up scenes easily in VR, making the creation of high-quality NeRFs more intuitive than ever. Learn more about navigating Instant NeRF spaces in VR. Download Instant-NGP to get started, and share your creations on social media with the hashtag #InstantNeRF. Generative AI is transforming gaming, videoconferencing and interactive experiences of all kinds. Make sense of what’s new and what’s next by subscribing to the AI Decoded newsletter. View the full article