NaturalMotion announced today that they have entered into a partnership with Games Academy in Germany to integrate endorphin into the course curriculum. In addition to utilizing endorphin, students will also have early access to upcoming 3-D technologies from NaturalMotion along with the company's support for select academic projects.
NaturalMotion Ltd. is the first company to create 3D character animation software based on Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS), a technology that utilizes adaptive behaviors and artificial intelligence to simulate the human-nervous system. Based on Oxford University research, NaturalMotion's euphoria synthesizes 3D character animation in real time on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. In addition to licensing its technology, NaturalMotion is developing Backbreaker, an American football title for release in 2008.