<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
software	B-Application
suite	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Irish	O
company	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
provides	O
a	O
physics	O
engine	O
component	O
and	O
related	O
functions	O
to	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
it	O
had	O
signed	O
a	O
definitive	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
was	O
honored	O
at	O
the	O
59th	O
Annual	O
Technology	O
&	O
Engineering	O
Emmy	O
Awards	O
for	O
advancing	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
physics	O
engines	O
in	O
electronic	O
entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
middleware	B-General_Concept
suite	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
modules	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Physics	I-General_Concept
:	O
It	O
is	O
designed	O
primarily	O
for	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
for	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
collision	O
and	O
dynamics	O
of	O
rigid	O
bodies	O
in	O
three	O
dimensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
dynamical	B-Algorithm
simulation	I-Algorithm
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Physics	I-General_Concept
allows	O
for	O
more	O
realistic	O
virtual	O
worlds	O
in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
developing	O
a	O
specialized	O
version	O
of	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Physics	I-General_Concept
called	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
FX	O
that	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
ATI	O
and	O
NVIDIA	O
GPUs	O
for	O
physics	B-Algorithm
simulations	I-Algorithm
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
GPU	O
acceleration	O
did	O
not	O
materialize	O
until	O
several	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
AI	O
:	O
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
released	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
AI	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
advanced	O
pathfinding	B-Algorithm
capabilities	O
for	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
AI	O
provides	O
navigation	O
mesh	O
generation	O
,	O
pathfinding	B-Algorithm
and	O
path	O
following	O
for	O
video	O
game	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Cloth	O
:	O
Released	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Cloth	O
deals	O
with	O
efficient	O
simulation	O
of	O
character	O
garments	O
and	O
soft	O
body	O
dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Destruction	O
(	O
discontinued	O
)	O
:	O
Also	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Destruction	O
provides	O
tools	O
for	O
creation	O
of	O
destructible	O
and	O
deformable	O
rigid	O
body	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Animation	O
Studio	O
(	O
discontinued	O
)	O
:	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Animation	O
Studio	O
is	O
formally	O
known	O
as	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Behavior	O
and	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Behavior	O
is	O
a	O
runtime	O
SDK	B-Application
for	O
controlling	O
game	O
character	O
animation	O
at	O
a	O
high	O
level	O
using	O
finite	B-Architecture
state	I-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Animation	O
provides	O
efficient	O
playback	O
and	O
compression	O
of	O
character	O
animations	O
in	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
inverse	B-General_Concept
kinematics	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Script	O
(	O
discontinued	O
)	O
:	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Script	O
is	O
a	O
Lua-compatible	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
designed	O
for	O
video	O
game	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
shipped	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Script	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
Vision	O
Engine	O
(	O
discontinued	O
)	O
:	O
On	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
announced	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
German	O
game	O
engine	O
development	O
company	O
Trinigy	O
and	O
their	O
Vision	O
Engine	O
and	O
toolset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
SDK	B-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
at	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
(	O
GDC	O
)	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
SDK	B-Application
is	O
multi-platform	O
by	O
nature	O
and	O
is	O
always	O
updated	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Licensees	O
are	O
given	O
access	O
to	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
C/C	O
++	O
source-code	O
,	O
giving	O
them	O
the	O
freedom	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
engine	O
's	O
features	O
,	O
or	O
port	O
it	O
to	O
different	O
platforms	O
although	O
some	O
libraries	O
are	O
only	O
provided	O
in	O
binary	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
showed	O
off	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
physics	I-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Xperia	I-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
or	O
more	O
specifically	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
2.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
//BUILD/	O
2012	O
conference	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
unveiled	O
a	O
full	O
technology	O
suite	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
RT	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
8	O
and	O
later	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
SDK	B-Application
's	O
launch	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
over	O
600	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
supplies	O
tools	O
(	O
the	O
"	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Content	O
Tools	O
"	O
)	O
for	O
export	O
of	O
assets	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
all	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
products	O
from	O
Autodesk	B-Language
3ds	I-Language
Max	I-Language
,	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
,	O
and	O
(	O
formerly	O
)	O
Autodesk	B-Device
Softimage	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Havok	B-General_Concept
was	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	O
world	O
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
with	O
all	O
physics	O
handled	O
by	O
its	O
online	O
simulator	O
servers	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
by	O
the	O
users	O
 '	O
client	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
upgrade	O
to	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
version	O
4	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
and	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
version	O
7	O
started	O
June	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
resident	O
Emilin	O
Nakamori	O
constructed	O
a	O
weight-driven	O
,	O
pendulum-regulated	O
mechanical	O
clock	O
functioning	O
entirely	O
by	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Physics	I-General_Concept
in	O
March	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
