Alias Wavefront Inc, a subsidiary of Silicon Graphics Inc with strong links to the movie industry, has introduced a set of tools for video game and interactive media developers, in the form of the latest incarnation of its integrated 3D modeling tool, PowerAnimator 8.0. Alongside some workflow enhancements and new polygonal tools and translators, PowerAnimator 8.0 also refines MetaCycle, a unique character animation system suited to working with the cycled movements typical of game titles. PowerAnimator already has id Software Inc’s Quake and Origin Systems Inc’s Wing Commander IV titles to its credits.
