N-World
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N-World is 3D Graphic Tools software package developed by Nichimen Graphics Inc in 1995[1] for Silicon Graphics and Windows NT workstations. Shortly after the establishment in Los Angeles, California the company ported Symbolics Genera[2] (initially for LISP[3] based Symbolic workstations[4]) to Silicon Graphics workstations, an operating system developed by now-defunct computer manufacturer Symbolics, Inc.[5] (one of the premier software development environments of the 1980s and 1990s), which was significantly enhanced to form Nichimen's flagship product, N-World.
The N-World Graphics package includes a polygon modeler (N-Geometry), an animation choreography utility (N-Dynamics), a fully-integrated 64-bit paint system (N-Paint), a toll to paint directly onto the surface of a 3D model (N-Paint 3D[6]) a skeletal animation utility (Skeletal Animation System), a photorealistic renderer (N-Render) and a module to send data and interactively preview content on the target system (Game Express/Saturn Express[7]).
The N-World software was discontinued in the year 1999 with the last stable version (version 3.2) released in January of that year, and substituted by another Nichimen's software called Mirai[8] (used in facial morph targets for the Gollum character in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy).
In 2017 a Silicon Graphics Indy workstation which belonged to Probe Software has surfaced in the internet, with what appears to be the source code for NBA Jam Extreme and a working copy of the N-World software (version 3.1b).
Games utilising N-World
Sega Saturn
References
- ↑ Press release: 1995-05-11: Nichimen Graphics Announces New Generation of Game Development Tools
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genera_(operating_system)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_machine
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics
- ↑ Press release: 1996-03-30: Nichimen Announces N-Paint 3D, Ideal Tool for Developers Sending Textured Models to Game Consoles
- ↑ Press release: 1995-11-28: Saturn Express Exports N-World Data to Sega Saturn
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_(software)