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Morpheme animates for next-gen games

Monday 31 Jul 2006 - 11:41

NaturalMotion has debuted an animation engine aimed at games companies working on next-generation titles for PlayStation3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Morpheme features two elements -- the morpheme:connect authoring application and the morpheme:runtime engine.

$border=0 />Morpheme:connnect provides animators with control over in-game animation blending and transitioning. It provides graphical editing of animation state machines and blend trees, and features a 3D viewport that provides an in-game preview. Control parameters can be manipulated in real-time through graphical widgets or gamepads. </p> <p> It ships with a 3D animation browser, which suppors clip preview and event mark-up. Custom morpheme:runtime nodes are supported through scripting, and all application data is accessible through Lua scripting. NaturalMotion says that morpheme:connnect is fully extensible through plugins. </p> <p> The morpheme:runtime engine is embedded within a next-generation games engine. It provides advanced animation blending and transitioning, including IK and animation-driven rigid body dynamics. </p> <p> Pricing and availability has yet to be announced. </p> </div> <p><strong>Digit Staff</strong></p> <p id="articlePageList"> </p> <p><strong>For more information see the <a href="http://www.naturalmotion.com" target="new">NaturalMotion Web site</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>Keep up-to-date with the latest creative news -- click here follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/digital_arts">@digital_arts on Twitter</a>.</strong></p> <div align="center">  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/adj/digitalartsonline.co.uk/news2;kw=;sz=250x250,300x250,336x280;ord=1283461505878?"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/digitalartsonline.co.uk/news2;kw=;sz=250x250,300x250,336x280;ord=1283461505878?"> <img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/digitalartsonline.co.uk/news2;kw=;sz=250x250,300x250,336x280;ord=1283461505878?" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </noscript>  </div> <br /> <div id="submitarticle"> <p>Submit to: <img src="http://media.digitalartsonline.co.uk/graphics/icons/digg.ico" alt="Digg"><a target="_blank" href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edigitalartsonline%2Eco%2Euk%2Fnews%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Fnewsid%3D5966%26page%3D1%26pagepos%3D3">Digg</a> <img src="http://media.digitalartsonline.co.uk/graphics/icons/delicious.ico" alt="delicious"><a target="_blank" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=5966&page=1&pagepos=3&title=Morpheme animates for next-gen games&notes=NaturalMotion has debuted an animation engine aimed at games companies working on next-generation titles for PlayStation3, Xbox 360 and PC.">Del.icio.us</a> <img src="http://media.digitalartsonline.co.uk/graphics/icons/reddit.ico" alt="reddit"><a target="_blank" href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=5966&page=1&pagepos=3&title=Morpheme animates for next-gen games">Reddit</a> </p> </div> <p class="dontPrint" align="right"><a href="/about/submiting_articles.cfm"><strong>What is this?</strong></a></p> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">