Rikei Corporation (headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Satoru Isaka; hereinafter “Rikei”) announced that it has joined the NVIDIA Omniverse™ Partner Council Japan (hereinafter the “Omniverse Partner Council”) formed by NVIDIA Corporation (headquarters: California, USA).

On December 7, 2021, NVIDIA announced that it would form the Omniverse Partner Council in Japan. The Omniverse Partner Council promotes the sharing of information about solutions related to the NVIDIA Omniverse, improved knowledge in case development, and market development through promotional and awareness-raising activities. It is an organization whose goal is supporting companies’ introduction of NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise based on bilateral cooperation among partners.
Currently, there are 24 participating companies, including Rikei.

With this participation, Rikei will start to make proposals to customers about simulation and metaverse using Omniverse.

• For the automotive and drone industries
  Generating training data for autonomous driving and flying AI using the Omniverse
• For the manufacturing industry
  Suggesting functional, efficient production workflows using the collaboration function
• For municipal governments
  Disaster-related simulations and data utilization

【Participating companies (random order)】
ASK Corporation, AppliCraft Co., Ltd., Autodesk Inc., BOXX Technologies Inc., ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation, Dell Technologies Japan Inc., ELSA Japan Inc., GDEP ADVANCE, Inc., GRAPHISOFT Japan Co., Ltd., GiFT inc., Hewlett Packard Japan, G.K., HP Japan Inc., iPX Co., Ltd., Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd., KANEMATSU ELECTRONICS LTD., Lenovo Japan LLC., MouseComputer Co., Ltd., NTT PC Communications Incorporated, Prometech Software, Inc., Rikei Corporation, Ryoyo Electro Corporation, SB C&S Corp., SCSK Corporation, Too Corporation

In the coming year, the Omniverse Partner Council will focus its efforts on computer graphics production mainly in the media and entertainment industry, the review of multi-user/remote work in game development, and 3D visualization and review for construction and product design, as its target industries and applications of NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise. The Omniverse Partner Council will also work to build the ecosystem* described below to accelerate expansion in Japan.

*Ecosystem: A shared earnings environment surrounding products and services, which is built by multiple companies

【Building an Ecosystem for expansion in Japan】

• Preparing materials for considering the introduction, and building a technological assistance/support system
• Securing facilities, operators, and engineers that enable demonstrations and proof of concept
• Proposals for deployment and integration system
• Development engineers who can handle Omniverse connections/embedding
• Industry-wide collaborations enabling enlightenment and promotions, and the sharing of information.

The Omniverse Partner Council will continually strengthen partnerships in Japan to help establish collaborations and create simulations in the new era.

About Rikei Corporation

Since its establishment in 1957 as a solution vendor in the IT and electronics industries, Rikei Corporation has provided a variety of solutions ranging from systems to networks, VR/AR contents, electronic materials and electronic devices.

Rikei proposes solutions that utilize cutting-edge technologies and advanced products from Japan and overseas, and contributes to business development such as improving efficiency of operations and profits of customers.

*Product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.