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May 26

Written by: DigitalRune Team
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 

This is a collection of various links about character animation and related topics.

Animation Libraries and Products

• annosoft Lipsync
• Cal3D - 3d character animation library
  A skeletal based character animation library written in C++. Open Source (LGPL).
• DANCE - Dynamic Animation and Control Environment  
  Software package for physics-based character animation.
• EMotion FX
  Character Animation System from Mystic Game Development.
• FaceFX
  ”FaceFX is OC3 Entertainment’s cutting edge solution for creating realistic facial animation from audio files.”
• Granny
  Character Animation System from RAD Game Tools.
• Havok Animation
  Animation SDK from Havok.
• LIFESTUDIO:HEAD and LIFESTUDIO:LIPSYNC
  Facial animation products by Lifemode Interactive.
• NaturalMotion Products: endorphin, euphoria, morpheme
  ”NaturalMotion Ltd is the creator of Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS), a break-through in 3D character animation. Based on Oxford University research, Dynamic Motion Synthesis creates high-quality 3D character animation in real time by combining artificial intelligence, biomechanics, and dynamics simulation.”
• visage|SDK
  Development Kit for Virtual Character Animation.
• Xface
  Xface is a set of open source tools for creation of MPEG-4 and keyframe based 3D talking heads.

XNA Animation Libraries

• KiloWatt Animation
• sgMotion Animation Library
  Official SunBurn open source animation library created and maintained by the SunBurn community.
• XMas - Xna Multiplatform Animation System
  “XMas is a complete graphical animation system for XNA…”
• XNA Animation Component Library
  An open source project on CodePlex.
• XNAnimation Library
  XNAnimation is a skeletal animation library for XNA. This library allows developers to easly manipulate, playback, interpolate and blend animations.

Please let us know if you are aware of any other animation libraries and products.