Kynapse
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Kynapse is the artificial intelligence middleware product developed by Kynogon, which was bought by Autodesk in 2008, and is since called Autodesk Kynapse.
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[edit] Kynapse main functionalities
Kynapse includes:
- An automatic AI data generation tool
- A complete 3D pathfinding
- Spatial reasoning
- The management of dynamic and destructible terrains
- Streaming mechanisms to handle very large terrains
- Optimizations for multicore/multiprocessing/Cell architectures
[edit] Use
Kynapse has been used in the development of more than 80 game titles including Mafia II, Crackdown[1], Alone in the Dark 5[2], Fable II, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar[3] and the Unreal engine. Kynapse is also being used by companies such as EADS[4], BAE Systems or Électricité de France to develop military or industrial simulation.
[edit] Platforms
Kynapse is available for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Wii[5] and the PC.
[edit] References
- ^ Gamasutra - Real Time Worlds Grabs Kynapse AI For Crackdown
- ^ Kynapse Gets Alone In The Dark news from 1UP.com
- ^ Gamasutra - Turbine Chooses Kynapse For Major MMO Licenses
- ^ EADS NetCOS Utilizes Kynapse To Develop Next Generation Simulation Ssystems :: modsim.org :: News and forums for the Visual Simulation & Modeling Industry
- ^ Kynapse adds Wii support - News - www.developmag.com
