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Mar 4, 2024

Democratizing the Industrial Metaverse with OpenUSD

In the era of smart manufacturing, the concept of a “smart factory” is revolutionizing the way we think about production and design. Elon…

Democratizing the Industrial Metaverse with OpenUSD

Michael T. Wagner

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Apr 25

Industrial Digital Twin Semantics in OpenUSD: Bringing AAS Submodel Templates into the Scene Graph

OpenUSD is rapidly becoming the common language for industrial digital twins. The AAS Submodel Template library offers something valuable…

Industrial Digital Twin Semantics in OpenUSD: Bringing AAS Submodel Templates into the Scene Graph

Michael T. Wagner

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Apr 25

OpenUSD Is not Another 3D Format

It is a composable semantic scene graph for representing, simulating, and linking complex systems across domains. Born at Pixar, it is…

OpenUSD Is not Another 3D Format

Michael T. Wagner

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Sep 7, 2025

From Zero to Streaming Isaac Sim in 10 Minutes 🚀

Running Isaac Sim in the cloud often means wrestling with GPU drivers, configs, and networking. With NVIDIA Brev, it’s almost…

From Zero to Streaming Isaac Sim in 10 Minutes 🚀

Michael T. Wagner

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Aug 5, 2025

How To Deploy a Virtual RTX Workstation and Omniverse Kit App in 20 Minutes

Setting up a local environment for Omniverse development can be a hassle — configuring GPU drivers, installing the right software versions…

How To Deploy a Virtual RTX Workstation and Omniverse Kit App in 20 Minutes

Michael T. Wagner

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Jun 30, 2025

How to use Hunyuan3D 2.1 GenAI with NVIDIA Omniverse on Windows

In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up and run Hunyuan3D 2.1 — a generative AI model for 3D content creation — on Windows using Docker…

How to use Hunyuan3D 2.1 GenAI with NVIDIA Omniverse on Windows

Michael T. Wagner

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Jan 19, 2025

How to generate 3d assets from text and images with Flux and Trellis in NVIDIA Omniverse

Generative AI has come a long way, making it easier than ever to create high-quality 3D assets from text or image prompts. The combination…

How to generate 3d assets from text and images with Flux and Trellis in NVIDIA Omniverse

Michael T. Wagner

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Dec 29, 2024

Santa’s Generative AI Pipeline: Transforming Wishes into 3D Magic

Every holiday season, Santa Claus and his team of dedicated elves pull off the seemingly impossible: delivering countless unique toys to…

Santa’s Generative AI Pipeline: Transforming Wishes into 3D Magic

Michael T. Wagner

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Dec 13, 2024

Generative AI Image-to-3D Services & APIs — a visual Benchmark

Generative AI technologies have made remarkable strides in converting 2D images into 3D models, with innovative tools and features…

Generative AI Image-to-3D Services & APIs — a visual Benchmark

Michael T. Wagner

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Dec 11, 2024

Generate and Copy QR Codes to Your Clipboard Instantly with Python

This Python script (use with Jupyter Notebook) generates a QR code for a specified link, saves it as an image file, and copies the QR code…

Generate and Copy QR Codes to Your Clipboard Instantly with Python

Michael T. Wagner

Michael T. Wagner

Michael Wagner is CEO of SyncTwin GmbH, a pioneer in OpenUSD-native middleware for industrial digital twins, and an NVIDIA Omniverse Ambassador.

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