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Microsoft acquires Caligari

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Caligari has been in the 3D modeling space for a long time and have a variety of products including those for aiding game development.

What is interesting is that:

a) They are joining the Virtual Earth Team
b) The Virtual Earth Team is looking to 'build an immersive 3D Web experience' according to Caligari's CEO.

The overlap and joining into the Virtual Earth groups seems a tad odd but given Caligari's background in modeling, games and 3D social networks, could be interesting and is definitely something to watch.
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[via virtualrealm.com.au]
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Cupid_Viper_3 - 692 days 8 hours ago
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1 - wow
that is actually good news for ms, that would be cool if they can get something like HOME on the 360 or their next console. But the thing I'm actually worried about is that, I can remember so many xbox supporters on this website saying things like, "Home is for losers that dont actually have a real social life", and so many other trolling on the topic of HOME, but now let's sit back and see how hypocrite and some of the people on this site really are. And in the midst of all this, i sure that you come to realize why SONY is the INNOVATOR, and the rest just follows.
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1.1 Iamback | 692 days 8 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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power of Green - 692 days 8 hours ago
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1.2 - Virtual worlds are hardly anything Sony has came up with first.
I'v been looking at this from this site long before I'v even heard of HOME, for all I know Sony cought/catches wind of what other companies are doing and just makes it public first despite not leading the ideas. Who knows for sure these things as big as this take time.

We should be paying attention to GDC and E3 and beyond, MSFT PR has already said they'll be showing something that will expand XBL beyond what it is(they said they'll be opening up XBL and will be showing some of that this GDC)

http://games.teamxbox.com/i...

"Virtual Me - Xbox 360 - Simulation - To Be Announced... This has been there sense the 360 launched just about.

In my opinion and what I'v seen; the end of your comment is the other way around, no need for a list of that though. All that Div X crap is one example of catching wind and then announcing it long before its ready, to steal thunder.
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1.3 Cupid_Viper_3 | 692 days 7 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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power of Green - 692 days 7 hours ago
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Its not suprizing all you have to do is consistantly visit 360 threads to read them but you can always ignor them.

Companies always talk or try to flesh out ideas your attack has little to do with my point, taking action with ideas can be different from talking about back burner projects, my point was more to do with many have been brainstorming ideas. Sony actually called MSFT's online console vision foolish at one point. Who knows whats real.
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mighty_douche - 692 days 7 hours ago
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1.5 - ^^
relax....
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mighty_douche - 692 days 8 hours ago
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Sounds like M$ are after their own version of Home. I guess if you cant do it yourself just buy someone who can.

M$ seem to have more money going out than coming in lately.
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2.1 Iamback | 692 days 7 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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power of Green - 692 days 7 hours ago
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It also can be looked at as *if you have the money to do it good, do it really good. MSFT has Money problems?. Hmmm I thought they've been making plenty of cash and spending it too. Strange.
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Odion - 692 days 7 hours ago
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What has Sony done that makes them such an amazing innovator?
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predator - 692 days 7 hours ago
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wow some of you suprise me, there is an article somewhere, im trying to find it, that states MS were looking to do a virtual world for the fist Xbox so no one knows who came up with the idea first for consoles.

and frankly who gives a f@ck, grow up.
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power of Green - 692 days 7 hours ago
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Hey man thats not fair. No one's fighting these guys I pointed out what you said with the only proof I could dig up and being attacked for it. Who knows and frankly who cares was basically what was being said with the reply to the flame post in the first place.
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meepmoopmeep - 692 days 3 hours ago
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actually, the only ones who care are fanboys of both sides. you can't deny the negativity the xbox side has said about Home and you can't deny that if MS goes through with this then the PS side will retaliate.

to me it's cool that xbox could be getting something like Home
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General Pinky - 692 days 6 hours ago
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4.1 - That is sony my friend
They just keep you waiting for things..
I say hell no to the waiting and hell yea to the xbox 360
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Jason 360 - 692 days 5 hours ago
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5 - LOL that would be funny as hell if MS got it up and going before...
I din't like the Sims and I'm sure I wouldn't like this. I don't see the point in building a virtual home when you can spend that time on a real one. "Look guys I'm vacuuming my virtual home" in the mean time your real home is getting dirty as hell. Wanna build a virtual world? I say let those gamers build that home and then give me some guns to destroy that home, deathmatch style :) I would rather have somthing to play, I don't wanna play house with tea and crumpets.
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Farsendor1 - 692 days 5 hours ago
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well i like the ideal of home but have no ideal havent gotten any play time with home.

and for msoft maybe they might make something like home in the future hopefully. im a ps3 owner have nothing against 360 actually want a 360 cause of all the rpgs.

not sure what happened with ps3 but it seems to have less rpg then i thought it would. but anyways msoft seems to be doing good with live so maybe they wouldnt want to try anything new right.
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tony - 692 days 4 hours ago
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7 - everyboby...
copies everybody.
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Microsoft seems to be on acquiring mode, lets see what there planning for the future.
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