Velodyne Lidar, Inc. announced the beta launch of its Vella family of software products. Vella enables Velodyne's customers to accelerate development of lidar-based vision solutions for autonomous applications. Using the online platform Vella Portal, Velodyne's sensor customers can easily access Vella's software offerings, which include Vella Go for lidar sensor management, Vella Perception for application development and Vella Cloud Services for artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.