<s>
PowerAnimator	B-Device
and	O
Animator	O
,	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
simply	O
as	O
"	O
Alias	B-Device
"	O
,	O
the	O
precursor	O
to	O
what	O
is	O
now	O
Maya	B-Language
and	O
StudioTools	B-Algorithm
,	O
is	O
a	O
highly	O
integrated	O
industrial	O
3D	O
modeling	O
,	O
animation	O
,	O
and	O
visual	O
effects	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerAnimator	B-Device
ran	O
natively	O
on	O
MIPS-based	O
SGI	B-Operating_System
IRIX	I-Operating_System
and	O
IBM	B-Application
AIX	I-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerAnimator	B-Device
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
John	O
Gibson	O
,	O
Rob	O
Krieger	O
,	O
Milan	O
Novacek	O
,	O
Glen	O
Ozymok	O
,	O
and	O
Dave	O
Springer	O
were	O
presented	O
with	O
the	O
Scientific	O
and	O
Engineering	O
Award	O
for	O
their	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
geometric	O
modeling	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
PowerAnimator	B-Device
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
Alias	B-Device
PowerAnimator	I-Device
system	O
is	O
widely	O
regarded	O
in	O
the	O
computer	O
animation	O
field	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
commercially	O
available	O
software	O
packages	O
for	O
digital	O
geometric	O
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerAnimator	B-Device
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
water	O
creature	O
in	O
the	O
1989	O
film	O
The	O
Abyss	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
T-1000	O
character	O
in	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
,	O
at	O
a	O
cost	O
of	O
$	O
460,000	O
per	O
minute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerAnimator	B-Device
also	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
solution	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
episodes	O
digitally	O
before	O
production	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
Maya	B-Language
starting	O
with	O
Season	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerAnimator	B-Device
was	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
's	O
SGI-based	O
developers	O
kit	O
.	O
</s>
