Total Immersion Software selects Kynapse

Kynogon, the leader in Artificial Intelligence solutions for the game and simulation industries, announces today that Total Immersion Software has selected Kynapse as its AI middleware solution for the RealWorld simulation platform.

RealWorld, developed by Total Immersion Software under contract to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), delivers an intelligent tool suite providing drag and drop ease to rapidly create simulations so real that it can be used to train teams of professionals to handle complex situations such as military missions, rescue operations, and natural disasters.

“We have been very impressed by the Total Immersion Software vision. They perfectly combine military expertise and gaming technologies to reach the ambitious goals of “next generation” military simulations,” says Pierre Pontevia, CTO of Kynogon. “We expect our automatic path data generator to contribute highly to one of the most ambitious goals of RealWorld: the rapid and low-cost generation of simulation scenarios for real-life mission rehearsal.”

“Adding the AI capabilities of Kynapse to our RealWorld platform will help the users create quickly highly realistic behaviours and complex scenarios” said Pete Bonanni, CEO of Total Immersion Software. “It is one more essential step in our strategy to bring the best-in-class technology from the video game industry to the serious game arena.”

Kynogon develops and markets Kynapse, a unique A.I. engine. Kynapse is used by the world’s leading game developers such as Electronic Arts, Activision, Bethesda Softworks, Lionhead Studios, Real Time Worlds, SEGA, Sony Online Entertainment, Spark Unlimited and Turbine, for the development of their AAA titles. Kynapse has been used in the development of more than 60 of some of the best known game titles including Crackdown, Alone in the Dark 5, Fable 2, Sacred 2 and The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™. Kynapse has also been selected by industry leaders such as EADS and British Aerospace Systems as their preferred AI solution.

Total Immersion Software is a game platform and tools innovator expanding the boundaries of fidelity and flexibility in game making. The RealWorld platform enables Total Immersion Software to develop AAA titles with unprecedented speed and realism. Total Immersion Software can accelerate the creation of blockbuster titles in both the entertainment market and the training, simulation and mission rehearsal markets.

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