Some things work perfectly together. Like fish and chips. Ant 'n' Dec. And Intel and Havok.
Havok, in case the sawblade logo and name hasn’t yet carved itself indelibly into your brain,
is the premier provider of software for physics and content development.
It’s made realistic gaming more realistic in games like Halo* 3, Age of Empires* III and Fallout* 3.
And special effects more special in movies like The Matrix, 10,000 BC and Harry Potter and the Order
of the Phoenix.
It’s also set to give future games a futuristic feel with its all-new Havok Cloth* and Havok
Destruction* technologies.
Havok Cloth will take games beyond simplistic tight-fitting or hand-animated clothing, enabling
character designers to add realistic, physically-based motion to garments like skirts, capes, shirts,
trousers and coats – and even to deformable objects like hair, bellies or tails.
Havok Destruction, on the other hand, takes mayhem to a new level. It gives game designers the
tools to shatter, break and destroy things more realistically – in less time, and for less money.
Obviously Havok is a company that means business, but what’s their business with Intel?
Well, for one thing, Havok (who were acquired by Intel in September 2007) is benefitting from
Intel’s advanced engineering resources and software tools. And in association with Intel, it has
created Havok HydraCore* technology, which optimises game physics behaviours on platforms based on
Intel® Core™ microarchitecture.
For another, Havok is receiving finance from Intel so it can give away Havok Complete* as a
free download for developers who wish to use it non-commercially.
The Intel-sponsored Havok PC download includes the Havok Physics* engine that simulates the
nature of motion, particle systems and collisions in the environment, and provides them algorithmically
for use in computer gaming.
It then combines this with Havok Animation*, which offers an extensive slate of animation capabilities
for game developers. Like recreating scores of physical events – from the collision of two bodies to an
out-of-control motorcycle careening through a traffic-filled intersection.
Get the Intel-sponsored Havok download free
