NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro Ushers in a New Dimension in Visualisation

RF-enabled 3D Stereoscopic Solution Designed for Modern Professional Workstations and Multi-user, Large Scale Visualisation Environments

SINGAPORE — July 28, 2010 — NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Pro, a new 3D stereoscopic solution empowering engineers, designers, architects and computational chemists who work with complex 3D designs to see their work in greater detail. 3D Vision Pro solutions brings true stereo 3D back to the desktop with support for LCD panels and offers a practical way to provide a rich, reliable 3D viewing experience for large scale visualisation environments such as video walls and collaborative virtual environments (CAVEs).

Incorporating active shutter glasses and an innovative radio frequency (RF) communication system, 3D Vision Pro solutions delivers the highest quality stereoscopic experience and supports a wide range of use cases:

• Individuals can experience 3D on LCD panels at their Quadro powered desktop and mobile workstations
• Small groups can view 3D on single or multiple projectors, and
• Larger groups can experience 3D on power walls or in theaters driven by NVIDIA Scalable Visualisation Solutions (SVS)

3D Vision™ Pro provides long range connections, up to 150 feet, with no cross talk, blind spots, or other transmission issues between multiple systems. As a professional stereoscopic solution, status information is transmitted from the glasses back to the host for effective IT management.
“With the ability to provide valuable insights into complex data, 3D stereo has become one of the core elements of the modern workstation,” said Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions Group, NVIDIA. “Together, 3D Vision Pro and Quadro solutions bring the highest quality and most immersive 3D experience to enterprise environments.”

NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro — A New Way of Looking at Things

Digital content creation (DCC) Artists, product designers, and physicians can see their ‘world’ in 3D, with perspectives that are significantly richer than traditional two-dimensional views. Physicians, for example, can now view volumetric scans such as ultrasound in 3D. Businesses looking to provide large scale visualisations such as popular video walls now have a reliable, enabling technology to deliver that kind of experience.

“NVIDIA is clearly a leader in the field of 3D visualization and has been working on Stereoscopic 3D technology since 1999. With their launch of a professional 3D solution, this technology can easily move beyond the entertainment viewing experience for individual consumers,” said Dr Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research. “By providing large scale visualization capabilities and remote management capabilities, NVIDIA is pioneering 3D technology for the enterprise, opening the door for professional users and large scale visualisation system integrators to utilize 3D in ways not thought of before.”

Professional applications for NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro already available

Companies such as Siemens Healthcare, Agilent, Cineform, and RTT are already embracing NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro technology as an essential element of new solutions they’ve recently announced:

Siemens Healthcare is now shipping its syngo.fourSight Workplace Imaging Management Solution for Obstetrics. It provides off-system 3D/4D volume manipulation and 2D image and clip review for a variety of Siemens’ most powerful ultrasound platforms, assisting in communication with doctors, surgeons,
and patients. It may also improve paternal-fetal bonding, and aid in treatment or pre- and post-natal surgical planning.

“Our syngo.fourSight Workplace software, combined with new NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro technology and the latest NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions, makes this an even more compelling image management tool for enhanced patient throughput and department workflow in obstetrical ultrasound,” said Barbara Del Prince, worldwide segment manager for OB/GYN, Siemens Healthcare. “Doctors, hospitals and imaging centers now have the most powerful, comprehensive and innovative 3D imaging solution toolset available for volume image manipulation.”

Pricing and Availability

NVIDIA 3D Vision™ Pro stereoscopic solutions will be available in October directly from NVIDIA and from authorized resellers such as PNY Technologies at MSRPs of US$349 for the glasses, and US$399 for the RF transmitter hub. For more information on NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro, please visit: www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-professional-users.html.

Graphics professionals can experience 3D Vision Pro stereoscopic solutions at SIGGRAPH 2010 in the NVIDIA booth, #717, South Hall, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, from July 27-29, 2010. To learn more, visit: www.nvidia.com/quadro. Follow NVIDIA Quadro on YouTube, and Twitter: @NVIDIAQuadro.