Cepton, Inc. announced that it is collaborating with NVIDIA to integrate its Vista-X120 Plus lidar into DRIVE Sim, an end-to-end simulation platform built on Omniverse. As a member of the Omniverse ecosystem, Cepton's announcement builds on previous integrations of its automotive lidar models for developing and testing autonomous driving algorithms, sensors and software. Using models of its Nova and Vista-X90 lidars, Cepton was one of the first lidar companies to showcase a 360deg-co coverage, dual-range lidar simulation, enabling both near-range blind spot elimination and long-range obstacle detection.

Now, with the addition of the Vista-X120 Plus model, Cepton is providing automakers and AV developers access to simulated sensor data from this award-winning adaptive lidar for use in their technology development. The showcased video features simulated point clouds generated from a Vista-X120 Plus sensor integrated into the roof of the ego vehicle. The model can also be configured to visualize the sensor's performance based on placement.

In addition to Vista-X120 Plus' ultra-high resolution and long range, the Omniverse integration also features a software-definable region of interest (ROI), which enables the lidar to achieve an optimized balance between performance and power efficiency across different driving scenarios. Vista-X120 Plus is packed with Cepton's next-generation lidar technology to significantly elevate performance without compromising reliability, size, power efficiency and cost. With its expanded library of automotive lidar models, Cepton will support a broadened range of simulation on NVIDIA Omniverse to help automakers visualize and evaluate sensor capabilities across various products, integration solutions and driving scenarios.