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Real-World 3D Geospatial Extension for NVIDIA Omniverse

Cesium for Omniverse is an extension that enables 3D geospatial capability for NVIDIA Omniverse, a real-time 3D graphics collaboration development platform.

Cesium for Omniverse brings the following capabilities to Omniverse Kit-based applications, such as Omniverse USD Composer and Omniverse Code:

  • An accurate, full-scale WGS84 virtual globe
  • The ability to combine the power of Cesium's 3D geospatial platform with NVIDIA Omniverse's real-time ray tracing for visualization and AI-powered analytics for 3D geospatial workflows
  • An efficient 3D Tiles streaming engine for massive 3D geospatial data, with level-of-detail selection selection, caching, and asynchronous IO
  • Streaming capability for global content including Cesium World Terrain, Microsoft Bing imagery, and Cesium OSM Buildings along with high-resolution photogrammetry
  • Cesium ion integration to access curated 3D geospatial data and 3D tiling pipelines to optimize real-world 3D geospatial data for streaming
  • Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 License.

Combine NVIDIA's advanced GPU graphics and simulations with real-world 3D geospatial data

Cesium for Omniverse integration workflow diagram

Add real-world context with 3D content and pipelines with Cesium ion

Instant access to global 3D content

Cesium for Omniverse is integrated with Cesium ion, allowing instant access to cloud-based global high-resolution 3D content including photogrammetry, terrain, imagery, and buildings.

Industry-leading 3D tiling pipelines

Transform your content into optimized spatially indexed 3D Tiles ready to be streamed to Omniverse using industry-leading content pipelines, available as part of your Cesium ion subscription, or as on-premises tools.

Online and on-premises

Cesium for Omniverse supports cloud and private network content and services based on open standards and APIs. Users can deploy on-premises for a scalable, customizable, end-to-end workflow.

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