<s>
The	O
Jack	B-Application
human	O
simulation	O
system	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Human	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Simulation	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Pennsylvania	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
&	O
1990s	O
under	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
Professor	O
Norman	O
Badler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
spun	O
off	O
into	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
sold	O
as	O
an	O
ergonomic	O
human	O
simulation	O
toolkit	O
(	O
called	O
Tecnomatix	B-Algorithm
Jack	B-Application
)	O
by	O
Siemens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Jack	B-Application
system	O
have	O
led	O
to	O
such	O
standards	O
as	O
H-anim	O
and	O
MPEG4	O
Body	O
Animation	O
Parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
roots	O
of	O
most	O
modern	O
human	O
animation	O
Inverse	B-General_Concept
kinematics	I-General_Concept
systems	O
can	O
be	O
traced	O
to	O
the	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
done	O
for	O
the	O
Jack	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
animation	O
systems	O
include	O
those	O
integrated	O
with	O
Autodesk	O
's	O
3ds	B-Language
max	I-Language
,	O
Maya	B-Language
,	O
and	O
proprietary	O
in-house	O
systems	O
used	O
by	O
various	O
animation	O
studios	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Industrial	O
Light	O
and	O
Magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Jack	B-Application
software	O
company	O
was	O
called	O
Transom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Tecnomatix	B-Algorithm
,	O
Jack	B-Application
became	O
officially	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Tecnomatix	B-Algorithm
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
