Kortrijk, Belgium, 19 March 2025 – Barco, a global leader in visualization and collaboration technologies, will showcase the latest advancements in AI-powered surgical display and compute technology at NVIDIA GTC 2025.
Brilliant Assistant is the latest advanced surgical display, joint-developed by Barco and SoftAcuity, integrated with the NVIDIA Jetson Orin and NVIDIA Holoscan platforms.This voice-controlled touch display enables hands-free interactions in the operating room while ensuring seamless video connectivity to optimize surgical precision, efficiency and collaboration. The new Brilliant Assistant display is also compatible with Barco’s existing Nexxis software, giving clinicians the ability to share any video source on any connected display with near-zero latency during surgeries.
Nexxis Compute, in development by Barco, is a computing platform tailored for surgical environments. Barco is leveraging NVIDIA’s medical grade full stack accelerated computing architecture featuring the NVIDIA IGX and NVIDIA Holoscan platforms. Nexxis Compute combines Nexxis AV over IP routing with the real-time edge computing capabilities of NVIDIA Holoscan, enabling real-time video processing, while running regulated AI-enabled applications in the Operating Room.
Nexxis Compute provides Medical Device Manufacturers and OR Integrators with a collaborative platform to connect applications, reducing complexity and ensuring compatibility. For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), it offers a validated, ready-to-use infrastructure with NVIDIA IGX compute power, ensuring seamless deployment and future-proofing the OR for AI-based algorithms and next-generation use cases.
"Barco is committed to simplify the integration of AI applications into the operating room, enabling real-time, high-quality visualization on surgical displays. Through our collaboration with SoftAcuity and the power of the NVIDIA Holoscan platform and IGX compute, we’re bringing real-time AI and hands-free interactions into the operating room, transforming the way surgical teams work together."
“SoftAcuity is proud to team up with Barco on this innovative project,” said Bruce Kennedy, Founder and CEO of SoftAcuity. “Together, we are pushing the boundaries of surgical technology, combining our expertise with NVIDIA’s powerful platforms to create solutions that enhance surgical workflows and improve patient care.”
“The future of medical devices is software-defined and AI enabled.” said David Niewolny, Director of business development for medtech at NVIDIA. The NVIDIA-powered Brilliant Assistant and Nexxis Compute aim to accelerate the transition to software-defined medical devices by providing ready to deploy solutions.”
About Barco
Barco, headquartered in Kortrijk (Belgium), is a global technology company leading in visualization, networking, and collaboration solutions. Its innovative technologies drive advancements in the healthcare, enterprise, and entertainment markets. At the heart of Barco’s success are over 3,000 dedicated ‘visioneers’, each passionately contributing to driving change through technology.
Listed on Euronext (BAR), Reuters (BARBt.BR), and Bloomberg (BAR BB), Barco realized sales of 947 million euro in 2024. For further insights, please visit www.barco.com or connect on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
About SoftAcuity
SoftAcuity Inc. is a surgical technology startup based in Santa Barbara, California. Their flagship product is the Brilliant Assistant surgical AI platform. With decades of experience building innovative medical devices for the operating room, SoftAcuity has designed the Brilliant Assistant from the ground up to leverage the most advanced hardware and AI-driven software available. By seamlessly integrating sensor arrays, edge computing power and Generative AI, the Brilliant Assistant unlocks a new vision for AI in the OR.
More information at https://www.softacuity.com
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