Together these enhancements deliver better performance by reducing memory consumption, giving the animator full control over compression accuracy compression and providing constant time depression. Havok Animation 5.5 delivers developers and artists improved tools and technology including Spline based compression, export of Float Channels for morph target support, and Multithreading optimizations. 'Havok 5.5 represents the most innovative version of our suite of products to date, and with it Havok will help drive the next generation of bestsellers and award-winners.' Havok Physics 5.5 provides a new level of continuous multi-platform physics optimization as well as enhanced collision query optimizations especially for the PlayStation 3. 'With each new product or version of Havok that we release we take time to listen to customer comments and strive to help development teams create enjoyable and realistic games more efficiently,' said David O'Meara, Managing Director of Havok. Together the improvements in Havok 5.5 put new power in the hands of game developers to create a more realistic, immersive gameplay experience. Havok 5.5 includes major enhancements to Havok's core products, Havok Physics, the leading real-time collision detection and physical simulation solution, Havok Animation, the innovative fast and flexible animation SDK and Tool set, and Havok Behavior, the only system for developing event-driven character behaviors in a game.
