Caligari Corporation was founded in 1985 by Roman Ormandy. A prototype 3D video animation package for the

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, which led to the incorporation of Octree Software was released in 1986. From 1988 to 1992, Octree released several software packages including Caligari1, Caligari2, Caligari Broadcast, and Caligari 24. Ormandy wanted to provide inexpensive yet professional industrial video and corporate presentation software. In 1993, Octree Software moved from New York to California and became known as Caligari Corporation. In 1994

trueSpace TrueSpace (styled as trueSpace) was a commercial 3D computer graphics and animation software developed by Caligari Corporation, bought-out by Microsoft. As of May 2009, it was officially discontinued, but with some 'unofficial support' up to Febr ...

1.0 was introduced on the

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platform. In early 2008, the company was acquired by

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. On 21 May 2009, Caligari announced that Microsoft would cease to provide support for Caligari trueSpace. The website and forums were affected, and some services ceased to operate from May 22, 2009.

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Caligari Corporation's official website last Wayback archive

Fan Site developing trueSpace software since 2009
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