<s>
Wavefront	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
was	O
a	O
computer	O
graphics	O
company	O
that	O
developed	O
and	O
sold	O
animation	O
software	O
used	O
in	O
Hollywood	O
motion	O
pictures	O
and	O
other	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Wavefront	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
,	O
and	O
merged	O
with	O
Alias	O
Research	O
to	O
form	O
Alias|Wavefront	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
customers	O
to	O
purchase	O
Preview	O
was	O
Universal	B-Application
Studios	I-Application
,	O
for	O
the	O
television	O
program	O
Knight	O
Rider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Wavefront	O
released	O
the	O
Personal	O
Visualizer	O
,	O
a	O
desktop	O
workstation	B-Device
interface	O
to	O
their	O
high-end	O
rendering	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wavefront	O
purchased	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
first	O
production	O
workstation	B-Device
after	O
their	O
offer	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
prototype	O
they	O
were	O
given	O
a	O
demo	O
of	O
was	O
knocked	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
the	O
Data	B-Application
Visualizer	I-Application
,	O
an	O
early	O
commercial	O
tool	O
for	O
scientific	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kinemation	B-Application
was	O
a	O
character	O
animation	O
system	O
that	O
used	O
inverse	B-General_Concept
kinematics	I-General_Concept
for	O
natural	O
motion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamation	B-Application
was	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
interactively	O
creating	O
and	O
modifying	O
particle	O
systems	O
for	O
realistic	O
,	O
natural	O
motion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
Quest	O
Images	O
used	O
Dynamation	B-Application
and	O
Composer	O
to	O
create	O
over	O
90	O
visual	O
effects	O
sequences	O
for	O
the	O
film	O
Crimson	O
Tide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameWare	O
was	O
the	O
exclusive	O
graphics	O
and	O
animation	O
development	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wavefront	O
software	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
numerous	O
major	O
films	O
,	O
including	O
Luxo	O
Jr.	O
,	O
The	O
Great	O
Mouse	O
Detective	O
,	O
Akira	O
,	O
Technological	O
Threat	O
,	O
All	B-Application
Dogs	I-Application
Go	I-Application
To	I-Application
Heaven	I-Application
,	O
Rock-a-Doodle	O
,	O
Off	O
His	O
Rockers	O
,	O
Outbreak	O
,	O
Aladdin	O
,	O
True	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
and	O
Stargate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TDI	O
's	O
software	O
featured	O
innovations	O
in	O
NURBS	B-Algorithm
modeling	O
and	O
interactive	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
purchase	O
Wavefront	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
and	O
Alias	O
Research	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
deal	O
totaling	O
approximately	O
$500	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
partially	O
motivated	O
this	O
merger	O
was	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
purchase	O
of	O
Alias	O
and	O
Wavefront	O
's	O
competitor	O
Softimage	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alias	O
is	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
as	O
is	O
Softimage	B-Device
as	O
of	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
whilst	O
working	O
at	O
Wavefront	O
,	O
Jim	O
Hourihan	O
received	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Dynamation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Alias|Wavefront	O
was	O
awarded	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
scientific	O
and	O
technical	O
achievement	O
for	O
their	O
Maya	B-Language
software	I-Language
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
created	O
from	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
software	O
of	O
Wavefront	O
,	O
Alias	O
,	O
and	O
TDI	O
.	O
</s>
