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Weta to release Massive. (Modeling and Animation).(animation software used in The Lord of the Rings)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)

Computer Graphics World

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WIN|LINUX|IRIX Massive, the behavioral animation system that Weta used to create digital extras in The Lord of the Rings, will soon be available for commercial purchase. Massive can be used to generate tens of thousands of 3D characters, or agents, in a scene. Each agent can respond to its environment and to other agents through the use of an Al brain that the user can design from scratch or assemble from prebuilt models. The brains can produce procedural motion, control the ...

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