We recently caught up again with Marcus Nordenstam following the release of Avatar – the first major production to use Naiad. This new fluid simulator was first profiled by at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans, which was the first ever public appearance of Exotic Matter as a company, showcasing Naiad for the first time. Robert Bridson, Exotic Matter is currently in the last stages of alpha-testing of its first product: a 3D fluid solver and dynamics framework called Naiad. Overviewįounded in 2008 by industry veterans Marcus Nordenstam and Dr. Exotic Matter’s Naiad is an extremely powerful fluid tool that is about to go into Beta following extensive development from its use on Avatar. Avatar won Best single visual effect of the year at the VES for the Neytiri “leaf drinking shot” – central to that was the new Naiad fluid tool.
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