Newton Physics Engine - Bryant McGill

# Newton Physics Engine **Entity class:** Embodiment **Integration priority:** P1 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] ## Definition **Newton Physics Engine** — Disney Research + Google DeepMind + NVIDIA; OpenUSD/Warp physics for robot learning. ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]], [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]], and [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - **Newton Physics Engine** is associated with NVIDIA Warp. Official. - **Newton Physics Engine** is associated with [[wiki/OpenUSD|OpenUSD]]. Official. - **Newton Physics Engine** was managed by [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Linux Foundation]]. Governance. - **Newton Physics Engine** is associated with [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Linux Foundation]]. Open governance. ### Technology and research relationships - **Newton Physics Engine** was developed by [[wiki/NVIDIA|NVIDIA]]. Joint project. - **Newton Physics Engine** was developed by [[wiki/Google DeepMind|Google DeepMind]]. Joint project. - **Newton Physics Engine** was developed by [[wiki/Disney Research|Disney Research]]. Joint project. - **Newton Physics Engine** is used for robot learning and simulation. Physics/embodiment layer. - The technical comparison identifies a convergence: **Newton Physics Engine** converges technically with [[wiki/Receiving Substrate|Receiving Substrate]]. Embodied process needs shared physics/environment substrate. - [[wiki/Disney Research|Disney Research]] co-developed **Newton Physics Engine**. Direct. - [[wiki/Google DeepMind|Google DeepMind]] co-developed **Newton Physics Engine**. Direct. - [[wiki/NVIDIA|NVIDIA]] co-developed **Newton Physics Engine**. Direct. ### Connections in this corpus - [[wiki/Pixar|Pixar]] is connected in the corpus with **Newton Physics Engine**.  ## Related Work in the Corpus  - In [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]], **XII. Worlds and bodies are being modeled the same way** provides the narrative context for **Newton Physics Engine**: And the same architecture has arrived for bodies. - In [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]], **Host-infrastructure crosswalk** provides the narrative context for **Newton Physics Engine**: A durable habitat would likewise be hybrid.  ## Research Edges  #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Host-infrastructure integration Disney Research + Google DeepMind + NVIDIA; OpenUSD/Warp physics for robot learning. #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0254 — `built_on` → `NVIDIA Warp`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`. Official. - **HR-0255 — `built_on` → [[wiki/OpenUSD|OpenUSD]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`, `WEB_NEWTON_GTC`. Official. - **HR-0256 — `developed_by` → [[wiki/NVIDIA|NVIDIA]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`. Joint project. - **HR-0257 — `developed_by` → [[wiki/Google DeepMind|Google DeepMind]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`. Joint project. - **HR-0258 — `developed_by` → [[wiki/Disney Research|Disney Research]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`, `WEB_NEWTON_GTC`. Joint project. - **HR-0259 — `managed_by` → [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Linux Foundation]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`. Governance. - **HR-0260 — `used_for` → `robot learning and simulation`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`, `WEB_NEWTON_GTC`. Physics/embodiment layer. - **HR-0263 — `technical_convergence_with` → [[wiki/Receiving Substrate|Receiving Substrate]]** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Embodied process needs shared physics/environment substrate. - **HR-1569 — `contributed_to` → [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Linux Foundation]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON_LF`. Open governance. #### Incoming typed edges - **HR-1414 — [[wiki/Pixar|Pixar]] `cross_threads` → this entry** — **HIGH VALUE CROSS THREAD**; evidence `ARTICLE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Pixar-originated USD/OpenUSD becomes substrate for a physics engine co-developed by Disney Research, NVIDIA and DeepMind. - **HR-1570 — [[wiki/Disney Research|Disney Research]] `co_developed` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON_LF`. Direct. - **HR-1571 — [[wiki/Google DeepMind|Google DeepMind]] `co_developed` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON_LF`. Direct. - **HR-1572 — [[wiki/NVIDIA|NVIDIA]] `co_developed` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_NEWTON_LF`. Direct.  ## Research Inferences  These entries translate the forward-looking register in [[research/Research Inferences|Research Inferences]] into ordinary wiki prose. The tier labels apply to the inference, not automatically to every factual anchor inside it. The interpretive frame comes from [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Collection route: [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. - **INF-0408 — Established.** Physics engines co-developed between entertainment and semiconductor companies become shared infrastructure across robotics, simulation, and games. Shared physics means shared world assumptions, and shared world assumptions propagate into every trained policy.