Next Limit Technologies
company in Madrid, Spain
Next Limit Technologies is a computer software company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1998 by engineers Victor Gonzalez and Ignacio Vargas, the firm develops various technologies in the field of digital simulation and visualization. In December 2016, the XFlow division was acquired by Dassault Systèmes.
Products
RealFlow — a dynamics and fluid simulator for film production. RealFlow has been used in the production of films such as: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Maxwell Render — a physically correct light simulator and render engine;
XFlow — an engineering software for Computational fluid dynamics.
CaronteFX — an integrated physically-based animation editor extension tool for the Unity game engine.
Research and development
Next Limit has actively participated in various research projects throughout Europe as well as Spain. It is currently the leader of the European project, SAFECITI (Safe Citizen), which aims to create a simulation system for analysts that would predict the behavior of large crowds in urban environments in moments of panic, violence, or catastrophes. The system is based on serious game technology and is designed as a training platform.
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