Moving the graphics acceleration hardware from the workstation to a server is a key architectural innovation. Note: This guide describes hardware-accelerated graphics in a VMware Horizon environment that uses a VMware vSphere® infrastructure. Later sections provide installation and configuration instructions, as well as best practices and troubleshooting. It begins with typical use cases and matches these use cases to the three types of graphics acceleration, explaining the differences. This guide describes hardware-accelerated graphics in VMware virtual desktops in VMware Horizon®. In addition, in areas such as oil and gas, space exploration, aerospace, engineering, science, and manufacturing, individuals with these advanced requirements must be located in the same physical location as the workstation. These standalone workstations carry high acquisition and maintenance costs.

Engineers, designers, and scientists have traditionally relied on dedicated graphics workstations to perform the most demanding tasks, such as manipulating 3D models and visually analyzing large data sets.

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