<s>
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
,	O
commonly	O
shortened	O
to	O
just	O
Maya	B-Language
(	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
application	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Alias	B-Device
and	O
currently	O
owned	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maya	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
an	O
animation	O
product	O
based	O
on	O
code	O
from	O
The	O
Advanced	O
Visualizer	O
by	O
Wavefront	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
Thomson	O
Digital	O
Image	O
(	O
TDI	O
)	O
Explore	O
,	O
PowerAnimator	B-Device
by	O
Alias	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Alias	B-Device
Sketch	O
!	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IRIX-based	O
projects	O
were	O
combined	O
and	O
animation	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
;	O
the	O
project	O
codename	O
was	O
Maya	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walt	O
Disney	O
Feature	O
Animation	O
collaborated	O
closely	O
with	O
Maya	B-Language
's	O
development	O
during	O
its	O
production	O
of	O
Dinosaur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disney	O
requested	O
that	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
the	O
application	O
be	O
customizable	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
personalized	O
workflow	O
could	O
be	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
particular	O
influence	O
in	O
the	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
of	O
Maya	B-Language
,	O
and	O
partly	O
responsible	O
for	O
it	O
becoming	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
animation	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
Inc	O
.	O
acquired	O
both	O
Alias	B-Device
and	O
Wavefront	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Wavefront	O
's	O
technology	O
(	O
then	O
under	O
development	O
)	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
Maya	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SGI	O
's	O
acquisition	O
was	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
Corporation	O
acquiring	O
Softimage	B-Device
3D	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
development	O
Maya	B-Language
started	O
with	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
scripting	O
language	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
leverage	O
its	O
similarity	O
to	O
a	O
Unix	O
shell	O
language	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
the	O
merger	O
with	O
Wavefront	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
Maya	B-Language
Embedded	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
MEL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sophia	O
,	O
the	O
scripting	O
language	O
in	O
Wavefront	O
's	O
Dynamation	B-Application
,	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
MEL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maya	B-Language
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
acquisitions	O
,	O
Maya	B-Language
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Maya	B-Language
was	O
renamed	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Maya	B-Language
"	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
dominant	O
name	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maya	B-Language
is	O
an	O
application	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
3D	O
assets	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
film	O
,	O
television	O
,	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
commercials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maya	B-Language
was	O
available	O
in	O
both	O
"	O
Complete	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Unlimited	O
"	O
editions	O
until	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
turned	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scenes	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
formats	O
,	O
the	O
default	O
being	O
.mb	B-Language
(	O
Maya	B-Language
D	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maya	B-Language
exposes	O
a	O
node	B-Architecture
graph	I-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scene	O
elements	O
are	O
node-based	O
,	O
each	O
node	B-Data_Structure
having	O
its	O
own	O
attributes	O
and	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowadays	O
,	O
the	O
3D	O
models	O
can	O
be	O
imported	O
to	O
game	O
engines	O
such	O
as	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
and	O
Unity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
widespread	O
use	O
of	O
Maya	B-Language
in	O
the	O
film	O
industry	O
is	O
usually	O
associated	O
with	O
its	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
Dinosaur	O
,	O
released	O
by	O
Disney	O
and	O
The	O
Secret	O
Lab	O
on	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
company	O
received	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
noted	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
films	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Lord	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Rings	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Two	I-Application
Towers	I-Application
,	O
Spider-Man	O
(	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
Ice	O
Age	O
,	O
and	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
II	I-Application
–	I-Application
Attack	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Clones	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2015	O
,	O
VentureBeat	O
Magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
all	O
ten	O
films	O
in	O
consideration	O
for	O
the	O
Best	O
Visual	O
Effects	O
Academy	O
Award	O
had	O
used	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
and	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
"	O
used	O
on	O
every	O
winning	O
film	O
since	O
1997.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Alias	B-Device
was	O
given	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
by	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Arts	O
and	O
Sciences	O
for	O
scientific	O
and	O
technical	O
achievement	O
for	O
their	O
development	O
of	O
Maya	B-Language
software	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
while	O
working	O
for	O
Alias|Wavefront	O
,	O
Jos	O
Stam	O
shared	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
with	O
Edwin	O
Catmull	O
and	O
Tony	O
DeRose	O
for	O
their	O
invention	O
and	O
application	O
of	O
subdivision	O
surfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Duncan	O
Brinsmead	O
,	O
Jos	O
Stam	O
,	O
Julia	O
Pakalns	O
and	O
Martin	O
Werner	O
received	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Maya	B-Language
Fluid	O
Effects	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
