Physics middleware products that support this standard include PAL and NVIDIA's PhysX . These products support by reading the abstract found in the COLLADA file and transferring it into a form that the middleware can support and represent in a physical simulation.
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These are the hallmarks of a failing collision detection and physical simulation system . " Big Rigs : Over the Road Racing " is an infamous example of a game with a collision detection system failing, or not being present at all.
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"Show up at any symposium with a futuristic bent, " he continues, " . . . and what you inevitably hear is some updated version of the old Mammon theme : more spiritual salvation through physical simulation, another ` technical fix'for the soul ."
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The physical simulation applies to even weapon shots and missiles, which inherit their initial speed from the ship that created them : flying left and firing will create a bolt that goes straight from the firer's perspective, but to outside observers would seem to travel partially sideways.
