Donya Labs

1. Donya Labs Dr. MahiarHamedi mahiar@donyalabs.com Mobile: +46734069775 http://www.donyalabs.com INTRODonya Labs is a developer of software for the compression of 3D graphic data. The company’s proprietary technology is the most advanced solution for 3D data reduction and repair, and its automated remeshing technology is believed to be the first such technology to be commercially available. The company's flagship product, Simplygon, repairs and reduces the size of 3D models and creates highly optimized level-of-detail objects.  It is in used by customers including Boeing, CCP Games, Disney, Electronic Arts, Evolution Studios, Panasonic, and Sony. THE CHALLENGE3D CAD models are fundamental to the design and production of a vast number of products used by nearly everyone on a daily basis. As the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process has emerged and a range of tasks beyond initial design has arisen, demands placed on these models have become more complex. More specifically, 3D CAD models are often too large to be used for functions such as on-line distribution, simulation, visualization, and collaboration. As a consequence, the PLM industry requires a means to optimize the size and other characteristics of these files on a function-specific basis. The 3D game development industry faces a similar challenge.  Complex, original 3D game content is labor intensive and expensive to create.  Once created, however, this content needs to be replicated, scaled and configured to suit a range of different visualization requirements, platforms, and applications. Historically, this work has been performed in a largely manual fashion, which is quite costly and inefficient.

2. Donya Labs Dr. MahiarHamedi mahiar@donyalabs.com Mobile: +46734069775 http://www.donyalabs.com DONYA PRODUCTSDonya addresses these challenges with its proprietary technology for intelligent optimization and size reduction of 3D models. This technology is the basis for the company's flagship product, DonyaSimplygon. Simplygon is the most powerful available software technology for optimization of 3D polygon mesh models, including high–quality polygon reduction and polygon repair features. The product incorporates Donya’s proprietary algorithms for silhouette preservation and polygon remeshing. Simplygon can be used for automatic creation of 3D models or scenes that are highly optimized for simulation, or rendering on any software or hardware platform.Simplygon SDK provides a tool- and format agnostic means of incorporating the Simplygon technology into existing toolchains. Through the use of the Simplygon SDK, a range of tasks can be performed, including:-Pipeline integration-Batch optimization-Run-time level-of-detail-Automatic level-of-detail processing-Desktop applications-Additional 3D formats REPRESENTATIVE CUSTOMER CASESBoeing Phantom Works recently licensed Simplygon, Donya Lab’s software solution for optimization of 3D graphics. Phantom Works, Boeing’s advanced R&D unit, will use Simplygon to optimize CAD models to facilitate real-time visualization. Texas-based National Oilwell Varco, the world’s largest producer of equipment for oil and gas production, uses Simplygon to manage its 3D CAD models. The company is able to optimize its models in hours with Simplygon versus weeks when done manually, and achieve better accuracy at the same time.Swedish game-developer SimBin used Simplygon during the production of its award-winning racing games GTR 2 and Race-WTCC.  SimBin used Simplygon for automated level-of-detail creation for all of its 3D models in the production pipeline. CCP Games, the developer of one of the world’s largest online gaming communities, used Simplygon for the production of the next generation of its primary product Eve Online.

3. Donya Labs Dr. MahiarHamedi mahiar@donyalabs.com Mobile: +46734069775 http://www.donyalabs.com ROADMAPThe company is working on a range of extensions and enhancements to the Simplygon product. These include:-Faster GPU-optimized reduction algorithms-Further texture reduction-Extensions to other selected reduction functions-Integration of Simplygon into game engines-Improved optimization of complex CAD models-Extension of automated integration inside PLM chainsThe company also has ideas for new products for tasks including general optimization of the entire 3D visualization process. COMPANY INFORMATIONDonya is based it Linkoping, Sweden. The company’s technology was conceived in 2004 by Dr. MahiarHamedi, currently VP Technology, and UlrikLindahl, CTO. Together with Martin Ekdahl, Donya’s CEO, and KoshiarHamedi, VP of Product, they formed the company in 2005 and incorporated in late 2006. Dr. MahiarHamedi was previously an electronics engineer at Altitun and holds a PhD from Linkoping University in Applied Physics. UlrikLindahl was previously CTO of Liquid Media, lead programmer at Refraction Games, and engine architect at O2 Media. KoshiarHamedi was previously a designer at Sentral in Gothenberg Sweden and holds a degree in design from Univ. Gothenberg. Martin Ekdahl holds an MS in Business from Linkoping Univ. School of Mgmt. Together the owners own more than 75% of the shares and swedish VC firm Rendera owns 25%. The company currently employs 8 people. DONYA IPDonya has applied for three patents, of which one has been granted. The first patent, entitled "Creation and rendering of hierarchical digital multimedia data," has been granted and covers subsequent simplification of grouped 3D objects. The second patent application covers a method for semi-automatic optimization of meshes using a pointing device and a graphical display. The third patent application covers a method for automatic bounded simplification of 3D data.  Donya also has trademarks on "Donya", "Simplygon", and "Polypen".