I had been invited to attend nVidia's first annual shing-ding being held this week for developers, users, and the media, but I couldn't afford the trip.
But that isn't stopped conference organizers and marketing companies from thinking I'm there -- when I'm really here. Such as this email from Mental Images...
Since you are attending NVISION 08, we thought you might be interested in the following NVISION 08 event news from mental images.
Spooky: they can visualize me being there; hence the company name, I s'pose.
But perhaps not so nice for nVidia. Protestors are complaining about the faulty nVidia GPUs plaguing 39 models of Dell and HP notebook computers. Details here. Oh, and then there's the poor financial results. More details here.
Kewl Stuff
I must say, however, that some of the gadgets being press-released my way sound pretty interesting. Here's a sampling from the press releases emailed to me Monday:
- Anark will demonstrate its easy-to-use, automated 3D CAD transformation and 3D visualization products and solutions.
- Static photos and Web pages could soon be replaced with 3D rooms featuring user-created avatars that really look and move like you. (From Nurien).
- Cooliris transforms your browser into an infinite 3-D wall of content, and allows users to easily zoom in on items of interest and enter a breathtaking full-screen presentation.
- Pegasys has incorporated CUDA technology for filter processing into the new beta version of its flagship video encoding software. A beta version of the software shows up to 446% performance increase over the CPU-only version.
- Our technology uses military-grade algorithms to dramatically improve poor-quality video for consumers (through our website at http://www.fixmymovie.com).
- If you’re in town for NVISION please be sure to check out our GeForce Stereoscopic 3D technology featuring new hardware, glasses, and software.
- Was talking to Jules about your flight--
Oops, that last one is from Nemetschek North America (aka VectorWorks), and relates to their Media Event coming up in September. In Baltimore. I'll be attending.
The Baltimore waterfront is pretty cool for tourists; my daughter loved it when I took her along several years ago to a Bentley event held there. Three malls within two blocks of the hotel -- what's there NOT to like for a teenage girl?
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