Playmation & Microsoft??
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I was just told that on another BB there is a discussion about Playmation
having been bought by Microsoft. Is this true? What's the story?
Check out message 44197. I saw messages to this effect on America Online, too.
I'm going to try to call Martin today, but something tells me he won't be in
the office. 🙂
If anyone has any interesting gossip regarding this, I'd love to hear it.
Something was announced at a recent Microsoft conference on multimedia, I
guess.
John –
How're ya doin, you ole dawg! — Jez.
See msg 44197
Hi —
At the Microsoft Windows Animation Workshop in San Francisco May 14, Martin
Hash (developer of Hash Animation Journeyman and Playmation) gave a half hour
talk on his new role in 3D development at Microsoft. I only caught the last 15
minutes.
It seems that he will be leading an effort to bring OS-level support for spline
patches into a future version of Windows. Playmation is still being marketed
independently by Anjon & Associates. Martin is reported to be very busy. (!)
Steve Banfield, host of the conference and Microsoft's Multimedia Technology
Evangelist, will be speaking at the Macromedia User Forum in San Francisco June
2 — will try to get more info from him then. I'm particularly interested in
whether Microsoft will be supporting only the Catmull-Rom variant spline that
(I understand) is used by Playmation, or whether a number of spline types will
be supported.
btw: How can I search for a specific message by number, using the CIS
Information Manager for Macintosh? I'd like to read Message #44197, but haven't
been able to locate it — tia for any help.
jd