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PhysX

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PhysX is NVIDIA's real-time physics engine SDK for game, simulation, and robotics development.

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PhysX is a scalable real-time physics engine that simulates rigid-body dynamics, soft bodies, cloth, fluids, and destruction, distributed as a software development kit under a permissive open-source licence. The technology originated as the NovodeX engine, passed to Ageia in 2004 and to NVIDIA in 2008, after which the PhysX SDK was made freely available to developers and later fully open-sourced.

NVIDIA positions PhysX as the primary physics engine of its Omniverse platform, with releases serving game engines, robotics and autonomous-vehicle simulation, and AI training workflows that require large-scale parallel physics. The SDK ships CPU and GPU-accelerated simulation components and is integrated into major development environments used by studios and research teams.

PhysX - Classification

Industry
  • Simulation API
Ownership
  • Open-Source
Technology
  • Simulation
Geographic Exposure
  • Global
Model
  • Software
Revenue
  • Open Source
Customer
  • Developers
Tags
  • Open Source
  • Simulation

PhysX - Direct Competitors

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft logo

    Havok Physics

    microsoft.com

  • MathWorks

    MathWorks logo

    MathWorks Simscape

    mathworks.com

  • Google DeepMind

    Google DeepMind logo

    MuJoCo

    deepmind.google

  • Cyberbotics

    Cyberbotics logo

    Webots

    cyberbotics.com

AttributePhysXHavok PhysicsMathWorks SimscapeMuJoCoWebots
ProviderNVIDIAnvidia.com24.1B raised · PublicMicrosoftmicrosoft.com1M raised · PublicMathWorksmathworks.comGoogle DeepMinddeepmind.google500M raisedCyberboticscyberbotics.com
Founded19931975—20101998
Sells ToConsumers, EnterpriseEnterprises, Small Business—Enterprises—
Pricing ModelLicensing, Product Sales, SubscriptionSaaS, Transactional———
OwnershipPublicPublic———
PhysX

Provider NVIDIAnvidia.com24.1B raised · Public

Founded 1993

Sells To Consumers, Enterprise

Pricing Model Licensing, Product Sales, Subscription

Ownership Public

Havok Physics

Provider Microsoftmicrosoft.com1M raised · Public

Founded 1975

Sells To Enterprises, Small Business

Pricing Model SaaS, Transactional

Ownership Public

MathWorks Simscape

Provider MathWorksmathworks.com

Founded —

Sells To —

Pricing Model —

Ownership —

MuJoCo

Provider Google DeepMinddeepmind.google500M raised

Founded 2010

Sells To Enterprises

Pricing Model —

Ownership —

Webots

Provider Cyberboticscyberbotics.com

Founded 1998

Sells To —

Pricing Model —

Ownership —

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