According to the company, automakers are using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform and AI to digitize every stage of the product lifecycle, including concept and styling, design and engineering, software and electronics. , the smart factory, autonomous driving and retail.
Based on the Universal Scene Description (USD) framework, Omniverse revolutionizes complex 3D workflows, allowing teams to connect and customize 3D pipelines to simulate physically accurate virtual worlds at scale. By enabling automotive product workflows in the virtual world, automakers can bypass traditional bottlenecks, saving time and money.
turning ideas into reality
Designing a new car model or redesigning an existing one requires a collaborative process where even the smallest details are considered and coordinated.
With Omniverse, concepts can be integrated at design time to visualize all aspects of the car, inside and out, within the context of the whole vehicle. Global teams can also quickly iterate on photorealistic physics-based renderings in real time. For example, they can collaborate to design key cockpit components, such as the digital instrument cluster or the infotainment system, which should convey information while minimizing distractions.
Omniverse helps designers flexibly position the on-screen cabin and cockpit user experience alongside the actual vehicle interior to ensure a seamless look and feel. This next-generation design process allows automakers to quickly detect defects and improve them in real time, reducing the number of physical prototypes that need to be tested and validated, the company said.
virtual verification
Once the design is complete, the developer can use the omnibus to test the new concept. A perfect interior is essential for safety as well as for the customer experience. Developers can try out interior designs in a virtual world, collaborate and share designs to improve and validate them efficiently.
Digitization is also changing the way automakers approach automotive engineering. Teams can further reduce physical prototyping by testing different materials and parts in a virtual environment. For example, engineers can use computational fluid dynamics to improve aerodynamics and create safer vehicle designs through virtual crash simulations.
Continuous improvement
The next generation of vehicles will look like computers loaded with complex, centralized electronics and software to enhance safety, intelligence and security. In other words, it becomes a “high-tech computer on wheels”. Typically, vehicle functions are controlled by dozens of electronic control units distributed throughout the vehicle. By centralizing IT in key areas, automakers can simplify highly complex supply chains and replace many parts.
Automakers can simulate and test vehicle software with a digital representation of the entire architecture. Additionally, it can provide over-the-air (OTA) updates for continuous improvement throughout the vehicle’s lifecycle, including remote diagnostics and self-driving features, entertainment, and other subscriptions to services.
digital production first
Omnibus enables automakers to develop and operate complex AI-enabled virtual environments for factory and warehouse design. Physics-based precision timing digital twins play a key role in improving operational efficiency through predictive analytics and process automation.
Meanwhile, factory planners can access the digital twin of the factory to review and improve the factory as needed. All changes can be quickly assessed and validated in the virtual world and then implemented in the real world, ensuring maximum efficiency and optimum ergonomics for factory workers. Automakers can also synchronize factory locations around the world for scalable design and iteration.
The Role of Autonomous Vehicle Proving Grounds
Omnibus not only enhances the development and manufacturing of existing products, but also provides a tool chain for the development and validation of automation and autonomous driving systems. NVIDIA DRIVE Sim is a physics-based simulation platform powered by NVIDIA Omnibus that enables fast and efficient testing and validation of large-scale autonomous vehicles. It also has time precision. In addition, full development tool chains are supported, allowing developers to run component-level or system-wide simulations.
With DriveSim, developers can repeatedly simulate everyday driving scenarios as well as dangerous and rare situations to test in the real world. It can also use the platform’s neural reconstruction engine to transform real driving recordings into reactive simulation scenarios.
It also allows automakers to fine-tune their cars’ advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving systems to meet New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) regulations. NCAP is a program that rates the safety performance of new vehicles based on multiple crash tests and safety features. Omnibus’ generative AI reconstructs previously traveled routes in 3D to support recreation or modification of past experiences.
Experience before purchase
Digitization also benefits the end customer. Omniverse’s immersive technologies, including 3D visualization, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) streaming, use NVIDIA CloudXR. This provides consumers with a more engaging experience, allowing them to experience features before purchase.
Potential customers can personalize their vehicle by selecting colors, interior materials and trim levels in the Vehicle Configurator, regardless of actual dealer stock availability. Then, the customized vehicle can be viewed from all angles using 3D visualization, and the vehicle can be checked and tested virtually anytime, anywhere through augmented and virtual reality.
The benefits of digitization are not limited to the automotive industry. With omnibuses, businesses of all sizes can reinvent workflows to increase efficiency, productivity, speed, and transform the way they do business. Omnibus is a digital-physical operating system that can realize industry digitization.
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