Motion Factory funded

The Motion Factory, developer of the award-winning Motivate Intelligent
Digital Actor(TM) System, has announced the completion of a new round of
venture funding from BankAmerica Ventures, SofInnova, and Digital Media
Group. With the newly committed funds totaling $2 million, The Motion
Factory plans to accelerate the development of the Motivate system and will
invest in expanded customer support services. The company also recently
announced development is underway to support Sony PlayStation 2, Sega
DreamCast, and Apple Macintosh platforms. "The Motion Factory has made
impressive progress with Motivate, and we're delighted with the industry's
acceptance of the technology," said George Rossmann, vice president of
BankAmerica Ventures. "The company now has more than 40 major licensees,
including Mindscape/Red Orb, Interplay, Pyro, Dramaera, and Human Code. We
share their confidence in the Motivate technology." Motivate is the
company's unique suite of tools for creating truly interactive,
intelligent, 3D characters and environments for next-generation games. The
Motivate system is powered by breakthrough research in robotics and
real-time process control technology. Motivate's animation engine features
Real-time Motion Synthesis, allowing character motion to be generated
on-the-fly in response to dynamically changing environments. Designed to
work seamlessly with the animation engine, Motivate's behavior programming
framework introduces a new paradigm for creating sophisticated character
logic. Since its founding in 1995, The Motion Factory's mission has been to
develop radically new technologies and products that empower game and other
multi-media content developers to create the next generation of rich
interactive 3D content.