Golaem Crowd is a plug-in for Autodesk Maya that simulates controllable character crowds based on independent agents. Golaem, a French-based software company, developed it.
History The first public version of the software was presented and released in May 2011 at the 16th annual FMX conference in Stuttgart. V1.1 was released in June 2011 with the added support of 3Delight. During SIGGRAPH 2011, Golaem and the Academy award-winning post-production studio Mikros Images released Golaem Project, a short film showcasing Golaem Crowd's capabilities. V1.2 was released in September 2011. It was the first version to support Chaos Group's V-Ray rendering engine and use Disney's Partio particle cache. V1.3 was released in November 2011 and added new character behaviors relying on IK. At the same time, the new pricing was announced, as was the official Golaem Crowd blog. V1.5 was released in July 2012. V2.0 was released in August 2012 and added a graphical behavior editor and ragdoll physics and formations. V2.2 was released in January 2013 and added support for Solid Angle's Arnold rendering engine. V3.0 was released in December 2013, adding n-peds support, flock behaviors, and a new previsualization. V3.1 was released in February 2014, adding visual debugging and Arnold mtoa 1.x compatibility. V4.0 was released in March 2015, adding timeline scrubbing, cache editing, cloth simulation, squash and stretch, and alembic support.
In production Some examples where Golaem Crowd was used in production includes: ALÉSIA, le rêve d'un roi nu,Alesia, le reve d'un roi nu (2011) on IMDb.Alesia, le reve d'un roi nu (2011) on Facebook. by Mikros Image (post-production) Once Upon a Time,Once Upon a Time (TV Series 2011) on IMDb. by Zoic Studios Nissan Juke commercial,Mikros testimonial on Nissan Juke commercial. by Mikros Image (post-production) Orange Sport Be Prepared commercial, by Mikros Image (post-production) Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia, by Mikros Image (post-production) Warm Bodies, by Look Effects Nike 'Dare to be Brazilian' commercial,Framestore Creates Brazilian Crowds for Nike Using Golaem Crowd by Framestore Game of Thrones, by Pixomondo Der Medicus,Pixomondo : retour sur les effets du film Der Medicus by Pixomondo Sky Sports 'Making Sports Better', by Framestore Hercules, by Milk VFX and Cinesite Dracula Untold, by Framestore and Milk VFX Dawn of the Planet of the Zombies and the Giant Killer Planets on Some Serious Acid,'How one VFX artist made these 3 minutes of madness' a short film by Alf Lovvold Woodlawn, by Red Sky Studios Guitar Hero Live,'It's Guitar Hero, but not as you know it' by Framestore and FreeStyleGames Norm of the North Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Compatible renderers Pixar's RenderManPixar Launches RenderMan On Demand™ , on Pixar Press ReleasesPixar launches RenderMan On Demand online service, on cgchannel.com Chaos Group's V-Ray Guerilla Render Solid Angle's Arnold Mental Ray 3Delight Redshift
See also Crowd simulation List of Maya plugins
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