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What is Phaze?

Phaze is a remote desktop to access high-performance workstations

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Phaze is a remote desktop for businesses and built specifically to access professional-grade workstations running 3D and CAD software.

Why do I need a specialized remote desktop for CAD and 3D work?

Architects, Mechanical Engineers, Product Engineers, Designers, Data Engineers, Game Developers, VFX Artists, Animators, and other creators need to use software that renders interactive 3D scenes. Those 3D scenes are rendered on GPUs on workstations that can be under a desk, in a server rack, or in a data center. Remotely accessing those workstations on RDP or other traditional remote desktop protocols can either crash the remote access protocol (crosshairs on AutoCAD and RDP) or create choppy and laggy interactions with the remote computer.

Phaze solves this. We built it specifically to work with 3D and CAD software applications, to mimic the experience of sitting in front of the computer as closely as we possibly can. We prioritize low latency, high frame rates, smooth rendering, and color correctness. We hope that it feels like you're nearly sitting at the computer even if you're remotely accessing the computer from another city or country.

How does Phaze make it seamless to work with 3D and CAD software on remote computers?

At Phaze, we sweat the details. We believe that remote desktop can be great, and that you shouldn't have to settle for good enough. We have nearly 10 years of experience building high performance remote desktop software here and at previous companies. Our software is all custom built to solve this challenge. We do everything we can to squeeze miliseconds from the interactive video stream. Some of the things we've built to achieve this are:

  1. A custom UDP-based networking protocol

  2. An open source Tauri-like application framework to ensure low latency rendering

  3. Hardware accelerated encode/decode on Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA devices

  4. Zero-copy encoding and decoding

What features make this good enough for various 3D and CAD workflows?

  • 10-bit color (HDR)

  • 4:4:4 chroma subsampling

  • Full video range color (0-255)

  • Low latency AAC audio compression

  • Raw uncompressed PCM audio option

  • High frame rates (capped only by the refresh rate on the workstation)

  • Absolute / relative mouse mode correctness

  • Support for multiple 4K displays

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