The universe of visual computing in one place, at one time. NVISION will include a Guinness Book of World Records-breaking LAN party, Video Games Live, Girl Gamer Zone and demos of the latest in gaming and visual computing. There will also be practical seminars, hands-on training sessions and keynotes from the likes of Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer (“Number Six”) and NASA Astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins.

FOR ENTHUSIASTS:
NVISION 08 is 55 hours of jaw-dropping, soul-jolting, visual feast that will overwhelm your senses and leave you wanting for more.
If you salivate over the latest video games, love blowing minds with your latest demo, art or machinima masterpiece, and want to have a great time hanging and learning from those who share your passion, you MUST attend NVISION 08. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes are up for grabs at its various competitions, fun contests and raffles – the largest for a BYOC event in North America this year!

FOR VISUAL COMPUTING PROFESSIONALS:
NVISION for Professionals delivers three days of direct interaction between NVIDIA technical management and you. NVISION is the only event where you have complete access to NVIDIA’s core architects and engineers over several days. These practical seminars and hands-on training sessions are designed to integrate these latest technologies into your current development cycle. Go beyond learning what is state of the art and dive into how to exploit the power of the NVIDIA technology you currently have. Talk GPU Physics with PhysX team, ray tracing with mental images engineers, and high-performance computing with the CUDA team. And NVIDIA’s Chief Scientist David Kirk will present, for the first time, NVIDIA’s view of the future of graphics.

FOR COMPUTING DEVELOPERS:
Computing Developers can learn how to dramatically accelerate their applications by taking advantage of the power of parallel processing on a GPU while using common development processes and CUDA.
The NVIDIA Research Summit brings together leaders in the computing field to show the latest compute applications as well as discuss the future of high-performance computing.

FOR MOBILE DEVELOPERS:
The NVISION mobile developer conference is for those looking to bring rich visualization capabilities to the next generation of mobile phones, automobile in-dash interfaces, and handheld navigation devices. NVISION 08 is the place to meet, network, and learn how to ride the next wave of visual computing technology to market sucess.

See how next-generation applications processors optimized for visual computing are taking the mobile device industry to the next level, making today’s mobile phone the most personal of computers. Learn how in-car, human-machine interfaces are being transformed and enriched. Experience how new technologies are changing the face of handheld navigation devices that will captivate customers.