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History
28 related topics
Usage
33 related topics
Features
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Overview
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- Developers
- Nvidia Corporation (2008-present) Meqon (2005) Ageia (2004-2008) NovodeX AG (2001-2004)
- License
- BSD-3
- Operating system
- Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, iOS, Android
- Original author
- NovodeX (ETH Zurich) Meqon (Meqon Research AB)
- Repository
- https://github.com/NVIDIA-Omniverse/PhysX (5.x) https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/PhysX (4.x and 3.4) https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/PhysX-3.4 (3.4)
- Stable release
- Blast 5.0.6; PhysX SDK 5.5.0; Flow 2.1.0; PhysX System Software 9.23.1019 / December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
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Overview
- Open-source Open-source software
- Realtime Real-time computer graphics
- Physics engine
- Middleware
- SDK Software development kit
- Nvidia
- Nvidia GameWorks
- Software suite
- Hardware acceleration
- PhysX PPU Physics processing unit
- Expansion cards Expansion card
- Ageia
- API
- CUDA
- GeForce
- GPUs Graphics processing unit
- CPU Central processing unit
- Game developers Game development
- Classical mechanics
- Soft body dynamics
History
- PhysX
- ETH Zurich
- Havok Havok (software)
- Karma Karma (software)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Unreal Engine 2
- Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) Open Dynamics Engine
- Original Xbox Xbox (console)
- Nintendo GameCube GameCube
- PlayStation 2
- 3ds Max Autodesk 3ds Max
- Unreal Engine 3
- MathEngine Karma MathEngine Karma?action=edit&redlink=1
- Meqon
- Graphics cards Graphics card
- Multithreading Multithreading (computer architecture)
- GDC 2015 Game Developers Conference
- Source code
- GitHub
- Proprietary Proprietary software
- Windows Microsoft Windows
- Linux
- MacOS
- IOS
- Android Android (operating system)
- 3-clause BSD license BSD-3
- GeForce RTX 50 series
- Mirror's Edge
- Borderlands 2
Features
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox 360
- Xbox One
- Wii
- Rigid body dynamics
- Cloth simulation
- Ragdolls Ragdoll physics
- Vehicle dynamics
- Particles Particle system
- Volumetric fluid simulation Computational fluid dynamics
Hardware acceleration
- PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
- PCIe PCI Express
- ASUS
- BFG Technologies
- Dell
- ELSA Technology
- 9800GTX
- GPGPU
- Highly parallel Parallel computing
APEX
Nvidia FleX
- Visual effects
- Rigid bodies
- Offline computer graphics 3D rendering
- Autodesk Maya
- Softimage Autodesk Softimage
Criticism from Real World Technologies
- X87
- Instructions CPU instruction
- Optimization Code optimization
- SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions
- Product manager
- Consoles Video game console
- PR manager Public relations
Usage
- Game engines Game engine
- Unreal Engine
- Unity Unity (game engine)
- Gamebryo
- Vision Vision Engine
- Panda3D
- Diesel Diesel (game engine)
- Torque Torque (game engine)
- HeroEngine
- BigWorld
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Warframe
- Killing Floor 2
- Planetside 2
- Active Worlds
- Amazon Lumberyard
- Amazon Amazon (company)
- Computer animation
- DarkBASIC Professional
- Programming language
- DX Studio
- ForgeLight
- Sony Online Entertainment
- Futuremark
- Vantage 3DMark
- Benchmarking tools Benchmark (computing)
- Microsoft Robotics Studio
- OGRE
- Rendering engine Rendering (computer graphics)
- API Application programming interface
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.PhysX
Nodes123
Edges122
Triples182
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
Components1
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PhysX
Top relations
related to PhysX in other software · 32
PhysX → Active Worlds, Amazon Lumberyard, AmazonAutodesk, API, Autodesk, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Softimage, AW, COLLADA, DarkPHYSICS, Epic Games, Futuremark's, Lab, Max, NxOgre, Other, Professional, Raging Rapids Ride, Rayfire, Robotics Studio
related to PhysX in video games · 21
PhysX → Arkham Knight, As, Batman, BigWorld, Borderlands, CPU, Diesel, Gamebryo, HeroEngine, Instinct Engine, Killing Floor, Most, Panda3D, Planetside, The Witcher, Torque, Unity, Unreal Engine, Vision, Warframe
related to Criticism from Real World Technologies · 18
PhysX → According, As, Bryan Del Rizzo, CPU, CPU PhysX, GPU PhysX, He, In, Mike Skolones, Nvidia, On July, PC, PhysX SDK, Real World Technologies, Senior PR, SSE, The, This
related to Acquisition by Ageia and Nvidia · 14
PhysX → Ageia, Ageia PhysX SDK, API, At, Following, For, In, Meqon, NovodeX, NovodeX AG, NovodeX Physics, Physics Processing Unit, PPU, The Swiss
related to APEX · 14
PhysX → APEX Clothing, APEX Destruction, APEX ForceField, APEX Particles, APEX SDK, APEX Turbulence, APEX Vegetation, August, From, It, Mafia II, Nvidia APEX, Nvidia's APEX, PhysX SDK
related to PPU · 14
PhysX → Ageia, ASUS, Beginning, BFG Technologies, CPU, Dell, ELSA Technology, PCI, PCIe, PhysX PPU, PhysX PPUs, PhysX SDK, PPU, The
related to Features · 10
PhysX → Android, It, Linux, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, SDK, The PhysX, Wii, Xbox, Xbox One
related to NovodeX Physics · 9
PhysX → ETH Zurich, NovodeX, NovodeX AG, Swiss, Swiss Federal Institute, Technology, The, What, While
related to GPU · 7
PhysX → After Nvidia's, Ageia, CPUs, GPGPU, GPUs, Modern GPUs, PPU
see also · 7
PhysX → AGX Multiphysics, Bullet, DirectXNovodeX, DynamicsOpenGLVortex, Havok, Open Dynamics EngineNewton Game, The
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Important terminology
physics engine novodex ageia sdk nvidia games software hardware simulation technology code ppu cpu unreal support used game development dynamics
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| PhysX | Developers | Nvidia Corporation (2008-present) Meqon (2005) Ageia (2004-2008) NovodeX AG (2001-2004) | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | License | BSD-3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | Operating system | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, iOS, Android | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | Original author | NovodeX (ETH Zurich) Meqon (Meqon Research AB) | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | Repository | https://github.com/NVIDIA-Omniverse/PhysX (5.x) https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/PhysX (4.x and 3.4) https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/PhysX-3.4 (3.4) | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | Stable release | Blast 5.0.6; PhysX SDK 5.5.0; Flow 2.1.0; PhysX System Software 9.23.1019 / December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13) | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | Type | Physics simulation | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | Website | Nvidia PhysX developer site Documentation | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | Written in | C++ | 1.00 | infobox |
| PhysX | is a | open-source realtime physics engine middleware SDK developed by Nvidia as part of the Nvidia GameWorks software suite.Initially | 0.90 | text |
| PhysX | is a | multi-threaded physics simulation SDK | 0.90 | text |
| Steel Rigid Body Physics | instance of | The software was distributed under three distinct licenses | 0.80 | text |
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