“Kaydara Inc. today announced that it has completed the port of
FiLMBOX(R), its real-time character animation system, to Red Hat
Linux V6.2. Kaydara’s FiLMBOX is the first and only real-time
character animation and motion capture system to be available for
the Linux operating system, and is scalable from a Windows Palmtop
up to an sgi Onyx2 Supercomputer. Support for Linux will be
included with the release of FiLMBOX V2.7 in November 2000.”
“FiLMBOX is a real-time character animation system designed
to provide the basis of a complete digital media pipeline.
Engineered specifically for the efficient creation and re-purposing
of real-time 3D character content, FiLMBOX combines real-time
animation performance with the video and audio tools necessary for
mixed-media 3D content authoring.”
“Kaydara is committed to providing our customers with the best
real-time character animation tools available, on whichever
operating system best suits their needs,” said Dan Kraus, director
of products for Kaydara. “Not only is the Linux version fast and
stable, but it offers our customers a powerful development
environment for games and film production.”