Nvision
Encyclopedia
Nvision, stylized as NVISION, is a stand alone event organized by NVIDIA
to promote visual computing amongst enthusiasts and journalists.
The event is mostly centered around NVIDIA
's own products but offers activities usually found at other types of events: a demoscene
event, scientific talks, and programming classes.
The same name was also used for Nvidia's quarterly magazine, published by Future Publishing
. Publication was ceased after 'Winter 2011' (#7) issue.
The first NVISION event, NVISION 08, was held at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts from August 25 to August 28, 2008 in San Jose, California
.
Adam Savage
and Jamie Hyneman
, of MythBusters
fame, demonstrated how GPUs solve specific tasks faster in parallel than they can be executed on general purpose CPUs by painting a Mona Lisa
with a massively parallel paint gun
.
Guinness World Records
was present to officiate the record for the longest continuous LAN party
at 36 hours.
Kevin Gee from Microsoft
revealed more details publicly about what would be in the next DirectX 11
.
Revision3's Kevin Rose
and Alex Albrecht
were present to host a live Diggnation
show.
France-based Games Services was present to host the 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup
.
NVIDIA
Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
to promote visual computing amongst enthusiasts and journalists.
The event is mostly centered around NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
's own products but offers activities usually found at other types of events: a demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
event, scientific talks, and programming classes.
The same name was also used for Nvidia's quarterly magazine, published by Future Publishing
Future Publishing
Future plc is a media company; in 2006, it was the sixth-largest in the United Kingdom. It publishes more than 150 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography. Future is the official magazine company of all three major games console manufacturers...
. Publication was ceased after 'Winter 2011' (#7) issue.
NVISION 08
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
.
Adam Savage
Adam Savage
Adam Whitney Savage is an American industrial design and special effects designer/fabricator, actor, educator, and co-host of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters. His model work has appeared in major films, including Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and The Matrix...
and Jamie Hyneman
Jamie Hyneman
James Franklin "Jamie" Hyneman is an American special effects expert, best known for being the co-host of the television series MythBusters. He is also the owner of M5 Industries, the special effects workshop where MythBusters is filmed...
, of MythBusters
MythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...
fame, demonstrated how GPUs solve specific tasks faster in parallel than they can be executed on general purpose CPUs by painting a Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is a portrait by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503–1519...
with a massively parallel paint gun
Paintball marker
A paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, is the main piece of equipment in the sport of paintball. Markers use an expanding gas, such as carbon dioxide or compressed air, to propel paintballs through the barrel. Some paintball players refer to the piece of equipment as a "marker" rather...
.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
was present to officiate the record for the longest continuous LAN party
LAN party
A LAN party is a temporary, sometimes spontaneous, gathering of people with computers, between which they establish a local area network , primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games. The size of these networks may vary from the very small to very large installations...
at 36 hours.
Kevin Gee from Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
revealed more details publicly about what would be in the next DirectX 11
Direct3D
Direct3D is part of Microsoft's DirectX application programming interface . Direct3D is available for Microsoft Windows operating systems , and for other platforms through the open source software Wine. It is the base for the graphics API on the Xbox and Xbox 360 console systems...
.
Revision3's Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk...
and Alex Albrecht
Alex Albrecht
Alexander Jennings Albrecht is an American television personality, actor and podcaster who resides in Brentwood a suburb of Los Angeles, California...
were present to host a live Diggnation
Diggnation
Diggnation is Revision3's flagship video podcast produced weekly. It is hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, who had previously hosted TechTV's The Screen Savers together. Its main purpose is to discuss some of the top stories from Digg, the social news and bookmarking website developed by Rose...
show.
France-based Games Services was present to host the 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup
Electronic Sports World Cup
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship.Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals...
.
External links
- NVISION 08 official website
- Channel Web : The Eyes Have It At Nvidia's NVISION Event
- Ars Technica : NVISION: Displays, software to change the way we see the 'Net
- VentureBeat : Nvision 08: Emerging Companies Summit highlights visual start-ups
- Anandtech : NVISION 08 - Jen-Hsun Talks Larrabee, Mobility, VIA and More
- Hexus : NVIDIA bigs up PhysX and CUDA at NVISION