Driven by Sarah Tariq (Nvidia) and Joe Cruz (Airtight Fames) this session is covering implementation of a seamless, scalable and directable fluid solver in a Dark Void game engine and describing how it was used to create complex particle effects.

Update: slides in .pdf format

APEX Clothing 3ds MAX plug-in by NVIDIADeveloper

Physically simulated clothing via PhysX SDK. Authoring process using APEX Clothing module and 3ds Max. From GDC 2010.

APEX Destruction PhysX Lab by NVIDIADeveloper

Destructible environments via PhysX SDK. Authoring process using APEX Destruction Module and PhysX Lab tool. From GDC 2010.

Carmageddon XNA opponents by 1amStudios

Another video from Carmageddon XNA remake developer diary, showcases recently implemented basic AI. Computer controlled opponents are following racetrack using path nodes.  Physics is based on PhysX SDK.

Metro 2033 PhysX DX9 mode by kakit526

Decent cloth simulation scene in Metro 2033 title. Is working regardless to your GPU model and Advanced PhysX option state.

Update: main PhysX and APEX session are now available as slide decks and video records

APEX Clothing with 3ds Max by Gavin Kistner, Product Designer, NVIDIA

Gavin gives a quick overview of 2.0 PhysX plug-in for 3ds Max, and uses superhero character with cape to explaing full clothing authoring process. Personal love Gavin’s manner of talking.. funny guy

Physically Simulated Clothing By CCP (EVE Online) Using NVIDIA APEX by Vigfus Omarsson, Lead Technical Artist, CCP; Snorri Sturluson, Senior Software Engineer, CCP; Monier Maher, APEX Product Manager, NVIDIA

Include overall cloth sim benefits overview from CCP, clothing tools pipeline features demonstration with Maya, and, of course, authoring process with pretty female character. While authoring was done in Maya, actual simulation was running in “CCP engine” window, as stated by Vigfus.

APEX Vegetation with the SpeedTree Modeler by Michael Sechrest, President and Co-Founder, Interactive Data Visualization (IDV), Inc.; Lou Rohan, Senior Software Engineer, NVIDIA

Modelling, compiling and SDK pipeline overview related to APEX Vegetation integration with SpeedTree 5.1. Some trees get hurt and broken, all with physically correct behaviour

APEX Destruction using PhysX Lab by Bryan Galdrikian, Senior Apps Engineer, Physics R&D, NVIDIA

Detailed description of PhysX Lab Tool features and options. As in other APEX presentations, destruction authoring process is fully explained, using stanford bunny model and several other objects.

Update: Video demonstration available

Update #2: CCP presentation screencast from “Nvidia Game Technology Theater” at GDC now available.

Update #3: Full session video record available at GDC Vault

Led by Vigfus Omarsson and Snorri Sturluson from CCP, this talk was focused on APEX Clothing system integration with in-house engine, supposed to be used in Incarna add-on for EVE Online and, probably, new World of Darkness MMO.

Using a nice custom character as an example, full clothing authoring pipeline was demonstrated.

Several additional topics, including cloth sim optimizations under MMO specific needs, LOD system and debugging tools were discussed.

For dessert – real-time cloth simulation preview.

Too pretty for a capsuleer, huh ? Guess that’s how exotic dancers will looks like in Incarna

You can view rest of the article here.

P.S. usually, sessions in .pdf format or even in full video stream form are emerging soon after GDC, so stay tuned !

You can read session descriptions via provided links, but actually not only this has catched my eye. Nvidia GDC 2010 page was updated with schedule of presentations, that are going to be demonstrated at Nvidia booth #1702 at March 12-13

Those include such intriguing topics like:

Unity for Engineers – are they planning to demonstrate update physics system in Unity 3.0 ?

Authoring Runtime Animation with NaturalMotion Morpheme 2.3 – I’ve heard that Morpheme is going to be integrated with APEX Clothing, is that it ?

Softimage 2011 Enhanced with PhysX – next version of Softimage will include updated PhysX SDK integration ?

Streamlining PhysX Content in Max – is it related to rumored new physics system in XBR ?

Sadly I can’t visit GDC myself, but I’ll try to provide you with any open or insider information I’ll be able to gather

Physically Simulated Clothing in Eve Incarna Using NVIDIA APEX

In this session, we will demonstrate how CCP added physically simulated clothing to their Eve Incarna characters using NVIDIA’s APEX Clothing. We will demonstrate, step by step, the full authoring pipeline, from DCC tools to final integration into the game engine. This session introduces the full NVIDIA APEX suite of artist friendly tools and runtime libraries (Clothing, Destruction, Particles, Turbulence & Vegetation), which significantly speed up creation and inclusion of scalable, dynamic content without a large engineering effort.

Previosly know as “Ambulation”, than “Walking on Stations” and now “Incarna” project is supposed to pare capsuleer pilots out of their ships and put them into stations – for the first time. (currently, players have no ability to control their actual avatars, only space ships)

Update: APEX Clothing and EVE Incarna – first look from GDC 2010.

[18.08.10] Update #2: Carbon technology blog from CCP, and accompanying video.