AWS Spatial Computing Blog

Category: Thought Leadership

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From Local to Global: Scaling 3D Pipelines with AWS and RapidPipeline

At DGG, our mission has always been to help enterprises scale their 3D data workflows, fast, reliably, and at production scale. With the upcoming launch of our new RapidPipeline plugins at SIGGRAPH 2025, we’re opening the door to seamless integration with the tools 3D professionals already use, and setting the stage for scalable, cloud-first workflows […]

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3D Gaussian Splatting: Performant 3D Scene Reconstruction at Scale

August 28, 2025: The instructions in this blog post have been implemented in an AWS Solution, Guidance for Open Source 3D Reconstruction Toolbox for Gaussian Splats on AWS, that includes an end-to-end pipeline for 3D reconstruction that is deployable via AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) or Terraform. To learn more, refer to the solution’s implementation guide and sample code. […]

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Modeling Infectious Disease Propagation in Airports Using Spatial Simulations on AWS

JHU and AWS simulate infectious disease spread in airports using Unreal Engine’s realistic crowd physics and a novel transmission model accounting for close contact, viral load, and ventilation. Visualizing hotspots informs smarter public health policies to protect passengers and staff.

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3D Design Reviews On-demand with Autodesk VRED and AWS

Introduction 3D product visualization and virtual prototyping are integral to product design, especially in industries including Manufacturing and Automotive. Last year, teammates from the AWS Spatial Computing community wrote a blog post about Autodesk VRED, a software package that helps designers’ prototype and collaborate on high-quality streams or renders of engineering artifacts. That post, titled […]

The AWS Builder Studio: Out of the Cloud and Down onto the Street

Note:  This blog was written by Heidi Buck but edited (for grammar and readability) using Amazon Bedrock Text Playground, using the Jurassic-2 Ultra model and default parameters. The thumbnail image for this blog was created by using Amazon Bedrock Image Playground, using the Titan Image Generator G1 and default parameters. The views, thoughts and opinions […]

Modeling Spread of Infectious Disease Using Spatial Simulations on AWS

Spatial simulations compute the motion and behavior of dynamic entities across 2D and 3D virtual environments. These simulations allow users to explore how the behaviors of individual actors and interactions amongst a group of actors can lead to emergent spatial patterns. The authors of the blog see customers using spatial simulations for use cases such […]

VR Virtual Desktop Prototype on the Meta Quest

There is a lot of attention on virtual reality (VR) these days stemming from advances in hardware, collaboration on emerging standards, and availability of new software libraries, tools, and frameworks. What is most exciting is the invention and innovation that happens under these conditions. Amazon Web Services (AWS) strives to enable the community, customers, and […]

Partner Spotlight: Building Cloud-First Enterprise XR Applications

This blog post explores how to develop and deploy cloud-first enterprise extended reality (XR) applications that bring together people, data, and AI. The StreamRoom AI example application from Innoactive demonstrates how to combine cutting-edge technology to create a scalable, enterprise-grade, cloud-native solution for developing and deploying enterprise XR applications. These applications will allow users to […]

Exploring the Spatial Computing Spectrum: The Next Frontier of Immersive Technologies

As we move into a new era of technological advancements, it is becoming clear that the next frontier of innovation will be powered by spatial computing. Whether for gaming, film and media, simulation, or even the metaverse, companies across industries are racing to develop their capabilities in spatial computing. In particular, four segments of spatial […]