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Parallel Domain launches PD Forma to turn raw fleet logs into simulation-ready worlds

Parallel Domain launched PD Forma, a self-serve pipeline that converts raw fleet logs into simulation-ready worlds with 4D reconstruction quality assessment and scenario extraction, founder Kevin McNamara announced. The company claims a 19X usage jump in six months and positions PD Forma against NVIDIA NuRec and Applied Intuition Neural Sim for the log-to-simulation workflow. McNamara started Parallel Domain after building simulation inside Apple's Special Projects Group.

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Parallel Domain launches PD Forma to turn raw fleet logs into simulation-ready worlds
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Parallel Domain founder Kevin McNamara's reconstruction pipeline is now self-serve, with scored quality reports and a claimed 19X usage jump in six months.

        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)
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Primary source: PR Newswire Business Technology

Why it matters #

Autonomy teams sit on millions of recorded miles they cannot reuse as tests. PD Forma tries to close that loop with self-serve reconstruction and scored quality reports, putting Parallel Domain in direct contention with NVIDIA NuRec and Applied Intuition Neural Sim for the log-to-simulation workflow.

Parallel Domain founder Kevin McNamara started the company after building simulation inside Apple's Special Projects Group, where the work taught him how slowly autonomy teams could turn real-world driving into usable test data. McNamara had earlier architected procedural content systems for Microsoft Game Studios and contributed to animated films at Pixar Animation Studios.…

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