Magic Hat Software announced its new MMORPG
Irth Online , scheduled for commercial release in the second quarter of 2005, will use SpeedTreeRT™, the real-time foliage rendering technology from
Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. SpeedTreeRT delivers low-polygon, highly realistic trees and plants, with adjustable wind effects, seamless LOD transitions, and an included library of hundreds of tree models from more than 130 core species. SpeedTreeRT includes SpeedTreeCAD, a Windows application used to create and edit animated trees in real-time. SpeedTreeRT is also used in games like
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes,
Auto Assault,
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and an unknown yet title from
Larian Studios. Don't forget that beta test applications are now being accepted on the Irth Online
website.