Nalu is a fictional character created for NVIDIA's technology demo called NVIDIA Demo: Nalu used to promote the GeForce 6800 GPUs of the GeForce 6 Series video card. Nalu is "wave" in Hawaiian, the name is fitting because of her long, flowing blonde locks, which shimmer and undulate in her underwater home and showing off the power of the GeForce 6800 GPUs. She is the daughter of the deep sea, a Mermaid. Nalu is a demo created by NVIDIA to showcase the GeForce 6800 GPU. It shows lighting and shawdowing effects created with the chipset. ... NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a major supplier of graphics processors (graphics processing units, GPUs), graphics cards, and media and communications devices for PCs and game consoles (Xbox). ... A technology demo is a prototype or an incomplete version of a product, with the primary purpose of showcasing the performance, methods or features of a particular technology. ... GPU can stand for: Graphics processing unit, a special microprocessor used in computer graphics hardware The State Political Directorate (Gosudarstvennoe Politicheskoe Upravlenie), the name of the secret police in the USSR in one of the stages of its development Global Processing Unit, a generic name for a distributed computing project... The GeForce 6 Series (codenamed NV40) is NVIDIAs sixth generation of graphics processors. ... Hawaiian could refer to the Hawaiian language the native Hawaiian people a resident of the state of Hawaii. ... The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour. ...

NVIDIA's engineer William Donelly, engineer Hubert Nguyen, artist/modeler Bonnie O’Clair and animator Anders Beer were credited with crafting this 3D real-time demo that would surpass the previously done Dawn (demo) which was done before to showcase the company's GeForce FX series. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a major supplier of graphics processors (graphics processing units, GPUs), graphics cards, and media and communications devices for PCs and game consoles (Xbox). ... Dawns realistic face Dawn is a fictional character created for nVidias technology demo called The dawn of cinematic computing used to promote the GeForce FX video card. ... The GeForce FX (codenamed NV30) is a graphics card in the GeForce line, from the manufacturer NVIDIA. The fastest model (GeForce FX 5950 Ultra) appears comparable to competitor ATI Technologiess Radeon 9800 XT. It features DDR, DDR-II or GDDR-3 memory, a 130 nanometer fabrication process, and a...

Her most striking feature is the dense hair-in contrast with Dawn short hairs-which is simulated in real time and lit by a technique called "deep shadows" where the topmost hairs glow brightly from exposure to the light, while the lower hairs are darker. Alternate uses: See Dawn (disambiguation). ...

The effects of gravity and water current on her and her surroundings, the color of the lighting coming through the water, and even the iridescence of her scales, the light refracted through the water's surface lights up her skin, the dynamic visual effect her body and hair casting soft shadows on her as she swims is rendered in real-time. All Of this features realised to demonstrate the power and special effects capabilities of the GeForce 6800 GPUs. GPU can stand for: Graphics processing unit, a special microprocessor used in computer graphics hardware The State Political Directorate (Gosudarstvennoe Politicheskoe Upravlenie), the name of the secret police in the USSR in one of the stages of its development Global Processing Unit, a generic name for a distributed computing project...

See Also

Dawn (demo) Dawns realistic face Dawn is a fictional character created for nVidias technology demo called The dawn of cinematic computing used to promote the GeForce FX video card. ...

External Link

Nalu's Official Web Page]