NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). today began shipping a new version of its award-winning 3-D modeling and animation software, Softimage(r) 3D, for the Windows NT(Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. Microsoft delivers high-end 3-D animation software for Microsoft Windows NT Softimage 3D for Windows NT provides workstation-class capabilities and performance at approximately half the system cost. And these compelling price/performance figures will get even better over time.” “Because Windows NT offers the same high-performance graphics capabilities as UNIX® -based workstations and all of the benefits of a highly competitive ‘PC economy,’ many more content creators will be able to take advantage of high-end 3-D animation software. “Today marks an important milestone in making high-end 3-D animation capabilities widely available,” said Daniel Langlois, senior director at Microsoft and founder of Softimage.
In 1994, the company merged with Microsoft to help bring these 3-D animation capabilities to a broader audience. Softimage has pioneered many of the advanced animation techniques that are used throughout the industry, including inverse kinematics, spline-based modeling and animation, and motion-capture technology. Softimage products have helped create many of the world’s most innovative, visual effects-rich productions, including films such as “Jurassic Park,” The “Mask,” “Jumanji” and “Casper” commercials such as the Shell Dancing Gas Pumps and interactive games such as Virtua Fighter and Daytona. With this breakthrough in price/performance, more animators now can take advantage of high-end 3-D animation software.įor more than nine years, Softimage has provided digital-media artists with an intuitive, creative, production-proven 3-D modeling and animation environment for creating characters and scenes for films, commercials, games, interactive multimedia titles and other productions. Softimage 3D 3.0 for Windows NT offers the same production-proven 3-D animation environment as Softimage 3D for Silicon Graphics® systems, while delivering workstation-class performance at approximately 50 percent of the overall system cost. today began shipping a new version of its award-winning 3-D modeling and animation software, Microsoft® Softimage® 3D, for the Windows NT operating system. Microsoft Delivers High-End 3-D Animation Software for Microsoft Windows NTJan.
Here’s what I could cobble together as proof… Trick question: when was Softimage 3D ported to Windows NT?Īnswer: In version 3.0, Softimage 3D was available on Windows NT in early 1996, but Softimage 3D Extreme on Windows NT was available only in mid-1996, in version 3.5.