Inside Simulation City, Waymo's latest virtual world in which it trains, tests, and validates its “Waymo driver” software in preparation for the open road
A light gray cube with a thin blue top glides down a darkened highway, beset on all sides by dozens of green cubes.
Didn't Nvidia show off this type of software a few years ago? (https://www.cnet.com/... ) Why is it only now that car companies are talking about their approach? https://twitter.com/...
Take me down to Simulation City Where the grass is green And the lived environment is reconstructed through texture-mapped surface elements https://www.theverge.com/...
The key word is “scale” because these simulators allow Waymo to far exceed the distances its vehicles travel on public roads. As of 2020, Waymo said it's simulated 15 billion miles of driving, compared to just 20 million miles of actual driving. https://www.theverge.com/... https…