Open Source Animation Software

SmartBody is available for download for Windows, Linux and OSX users. SmartBody can also be used on Android and iOS platforms. SmartBody is a character animation platform that provides the following capabilities in real time: * Locomotion (walk, jog, run, turn, strafe, jump, etc.) * Steering - avoiding obstacles and moving objects * Object manipulation - reach, grasp, touch , pick up objects * Lip Syncing - characters can speak with simultaneous lip-sync using text-to-speech or prerecorded audio * Gazing - robust gazing behavior that incorporates various parts of the body * Nonverbal behavior - gesturing, head nodding and shaking, eye saccades - Online and offline retargeting of motion - Automatic skinning and rigging SmartBody is written in C++ and can be incorporated into most game engines. SmartBody is developed at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies from the Character Animation and Simulation group: http://cas.ict.usc.edu

XAMOS is a cross-platform reimplementation of AMOS BASIC based on jAMOS, fully re-written in C++ with SDL libraries. Currently runtime only, however is widely compatible with jAMOS projects.

Lightweight Java library for animation and animated components development. Also perfect as a graphics engine for 2D games in Java.

JavaNect provides Java-based access to the OpenNI interfaces for piloting devices such as the Kinect. It uses JNA to communicate with the native libraries and drivers on all major platforms. JavaNect was designed for maximum performance.

jAMAL is a Java-based reimplementation of the AMOS Animation Language (AMAL).

jAMOS is a cross platform, Java-based reimplementation of François Lionet's AMOS BASIC on the Amiga.