<s>
TrueSpace	B-Device
(	O
styled	O
as	O
trueSpace	B-Device
)	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
and	O
animation	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
Caligari	O
Corporation	O
,	O
bought-out	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prototype	O
3D	O
video	O
animation	O
package	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
led	O
to	O
the	O
incorporation	O
of	O
Octree	O
Software	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
trueSpace	B-Device
1.0	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
an	O
employee	O
inadvertently	O
left	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
trueSpace	B-Device
4.0	O
sourcecode	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
website	O
's	O
public	O
FTP	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
trueSpace	B-Device
7.6	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Ormandy	O
announced	O
that	O
TrueSpace	B-Device
had	O
been	O
discontinued	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
2010	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
talented	O
developers	O
helped	O
develop	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
3D	O
Builder	O
application	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
similarities	O
between	O
3D	O
Builder	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
TrueSpace	B-Device
product	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
former	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
a	O
consumer	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueSpace	B-Device
was	O
a	O
modeling/animation/rendering	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueSpace	B-Device
was	O
at	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
version	O
7	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
to	O
its	O
users	O
as	O
tS7	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caligari	O
had	O
enhanced	O
the	O
modeling	O
,	O
surfacing	O
and	O
rendering	O
capabilities	O
of	O
TrueSpace	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
TrueSpace7	O
allowed	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
real-time	O
design	O
,	O
modeling	O
and	O
animation	O
within	O
a	O
virtual	O
3D	O
space	O
shared	O
by	O
remote	O
participants	O
over	O
the	O
broadband	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
distinctive	O
features	O
of	O
trueSpace	B-Device
is	O
its	O
interface	O
,	O
using	O
mainly	O
3D	O
widgets	O
for	O
most	O
common	O
editing	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
trueSpace	B-Device
can	O
also	O
be	O
scripted	O
,	O
using	O
Python	B-Language
for	O
creating	O
custom	O
scripts	O
,	O
tools	O
and	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
trueSpace7	O
introduces	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
VBScript	B-Application
and	O
JScript	B-Language
as	O
scripting	O
tools	O
for	O
developing	O
plugins	O
and	O
interactive	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
trueSpace	B-Device
is	O
also	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
icon-heavy	O
interface	O
which	O
was	O
drastically	O
overhauled	O
for	O
version	O
7	O
onwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
staff	O
at	O
Caligari	O
had	O
originally	O
made	O
them	O
'	O
inhouse	O
 '	O
during	O
the	O
creation	O
process	O
of	O
earlier	O
releases	O
,	O
trueSpace	B-Device
7	O
had	O
a	O
new	O
set	O
of	O
icons	O
made	O
by	O
Paul	O
Woodward	O
,	O
a	O
freelance	O
designer	O
and	O
illustrator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
include	O
creating	O
visualizations	O
and	O
animations	O
with	O
realistic	O
lighting	O
(	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
radiosity	O
,	O
HDRI	O
and	O
global	B-Algorithm
illumination	I-Algorithm
)	O
and	O
organic	O
modelling	O
using	O
NURBS	B-Algorithm
,	O
subdivision	O
surfaces	O
and	O
metaballs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Objects	O
in	O
trueSpace	B-Device
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
Active	B-Protocol
Worlds	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
native	O
formats	O
,	O
trueSpace	B-Device
can	O
also	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
several	O
additional	O
model	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
TrueSpace	B-Device
has	O
two	O
native	O
internal	O
rendering	O
engines	O
and	O
also	O
support	O
for	O
DX9	O
pixel	O
shader	O
output	O
quality	O
images	O
alongside	O
the	O
traditional	O
style	O
Render	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueSpace7	O
also	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
VRay	B-Application
rendering	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
