Smart Cities / Spaces

Jul 15, 2026

Build a Multi-Camera 3D Tracking Application with NVIDIA DeepStream 9.1 Skills

Developers building video analytics applications across large spaces must track the same object as it moves between camera views. Single-camera 2D tracking...
12 MIN READ
May 18, 2025

Advance Video Analytics AI Agents Using the NVIDIA AI Blueprint for Video Search and Summarization

Vision language models (VLMs) have transformed video analytics by enabling broader perception and richer contextual understanding compared to traditional...
15 MIN READ
May 18, 2025

Designing AI Factories Using OpenUSD and SimReady Assets

Announced at COMPUTEX 2025, the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for AI factory digital twins has expanded to support OpenUSD schemas. The blueprint features new...
4 MIN READ
Collage of a robot arm with OpenUSD code and schema.
Mar 18, 2025

Using OpenUSD for Modular and Scalable Robotic Simulation and Development

The world of robotics is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by rapid advancements in physical AI. This evolution is accelerating the time to...
9 MIN READ
Images on a conveyor belt identifed with computer vision.
Dec 19, 2024

AI Vision Helps Green Recycling Plants

Each year, the world recycles only around 13% of its two billion-plus tons of municipal waste. By 2050, the world's annual municipal waste will reach 3.88B...
4 MIN READ
Close-up shot of a wolf howling. Courtesy of Pexels/patrice schoefolt.
Oct 29, 2024

AI-Powered Devices Track Howls to Save Wolves

A new cell-phone-sized device—which can be deployed in vast, remote areas—is using AI to identify and geolocate wildlife to help conservationists track...
5 MIN READ
Decorative image of workflow steps.
Jul 10, 2024

Enhance Multi-Camera Tracking Accuracy by Fine-Tuning AI Models with Synthetic Data

Large-scale, use–case-specific synthetic data has become increasingly important in real-world computer vision and AI workflows. That’s because digital twins...
14 MIN READ
Jun 24, 2024

Real-Time Vision AI From Digital Twins to Cloud-Native Deployment with NVIDIA Metropolis Microservices and NVIDIA Isaac Sim

As vision AI complexity increases, streamlined deployment solutions are crucial to optimizing spaces and processes. NVIDIA accelerates development, turning...
13 MIN READ
Jun 18, 2024

Generate Traffic Insights Using YOLOv8 and NVIDIA JetPack 6.0

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications are becoming increasingly valuable and prevalent in modern urban environments. The benefits of using ITS...
11 MIN READ
Decorative image of workflows in a line.
Jun 02, 2024

Optimize Processes for Large Spaces with the Multi-Camera Tracking Workflow

This post is the first in a series on building multi-camera tracking vision AI applications. In this part, we introduce the overall end-to-end workflow,...
12 MIN READ
Image of an intersection with bounding boxes and shades of light that indicate computer vision alerts.
Mar 22, 2024

Explainer: What Is Computer Vision?

Computer vision defines the field that enables devices to acquire, process,  understand, and analyze digital images and videos and extract...
1 MIN READ
Mar 06, 2024

Featured Smart Spaces Sessions at NVIDIA GTC 2024

From cities and airports to Olympic Stadiums, AI is transforming public spaces into safer, smarter, and more sustainable environments.
1 MIN READ
Feb 26, 2024

Detecting Real-Time Waste Contamination Using Edge Computing and Video Analytics

The past few decades have witnessed a surge in rates of waste generation, closely linked to economic development and urbanization. This escalation in waste...
8 MIN READ
Jan 23, 2024

Build Vision AI Applications at the Edge with NVIDIA Metropolis Microservices and APIs

NVIDIA Metropolis Microservices for Jetson has been renamed to Jetson Platform Services, and is now part of NVIDIA JetPack SDK 6.0. NVIDIA Metropolis...
13 MIN READ
GIF of factory floor with people, pallets, and equipment in bounding boxes.
Jan 23, 2024

Bringing Generative AI to the Edge with NVIDIA Metropolis Microservices for Jetson

NVIDIA Metropolis Microservices for Jetson has been renamed to Jetson Platform Services, and is now part of NVIDIA JetPack SDK 6.0. NVIDIA Metropolis...
13 MIN READ
Nov 17, 2023

Boosting Custom ROS Graphs Using NVIDIA Isaac Transport for ROS

NVIDIA Isaac Transport for ROS (NITROS) is the implementation of two hardware-acceleration features introduced with ROS 2 Humble-type adaptation and type...
11 MIN READ