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Autodesk Acquires Privately Held PI-VR

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Autodesk  has completed the acquisition of PI-VR, a privately held German software company that specializes in sophisticated real time visualization technology used primarily in the automotive industry.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Autodesk intends to integrate Autodesk technologies into the PI-VR platform, while continuing to sell, support and enhance the PI-VR product line. The VRED products will join Autodesk’s existing solutions for the automotive industry.

[Image courtesy: PI-VR]

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