Wavefront

Wavefront is an animation software developed by Wavefront Technologies Company in 1984 for the production of computer graphics for television commercials, movies, and to market their own software through commercial projects. Eventually, it was purchased by Silicon Graphics in 1995 and merge with Alias Research to form Alias/Wavefront. Their goal is to create more advanced digital tools by combining the strengths and reducing duplication of the companies. Wavefront released desktop workstation interface in 1988, and then released the Data Visualizer in 1989, a scientific visualization commercial tool. Afterwards, Composer was introduced in 1991 which became a 2D and 3D compositing standard for films and televisions. Two new animation tools was then released in 1992, a new animation tool that worked with the Advanced Visualizer. In 1994, Wavefront partnered with Atari in developing GameWare game development software while rival Alias made a deal with Nintendo in the same year. Wavefront software was also designed to be learned by a non-technical person.