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Obi Rope 6.0: What’s new

Posted on 10 February, 2021

New features in Obi 6.0.

Obi Rope 5.3: Decimation

Posted on 14 April, 2020

Adaptive rope decimation for fast rendering.

Obi Backends (Burst)

Posted on 16 January, 2020

Swappable simulation backends system.

Obi 5.0 preview

Posted on 9 July, 2019

UX and performance improvements, major workflow redesign.

Obi 4.0: What’s new

Posted on 21 November, 2018

Oriented particles, rods, new softbodies asset and improved fluids.

Obi 3.5: What’s new

Posted on 15 June, 2018

Linux compatibility, collider improvements, inertial forces, and new profiler.

Obi 3.4: What’s new

Posted on 22 March, 2018

In this post we give you a heads up on the much needed collision system overhaul in Obi 3.2

Obi 3.3: What’s new

Posted on 18 February, 2018

In this post we give you a heads up on the much needed collision system overhaul in Obi 3.2

Unity trail rendering done right: Ara Trails

Posted on 11 December, 2017

Please, welcome our latest Unity asset: Ara Trails! When and Why? It had been sitting around as part of one of our larger […]

Physics 101 #3: Solvers

Posted on 21 November, 2017

The term “solver” in the physics simulation realm usually refers to an algorithm devised to solve (hence their name) a problem, usually expressed as a […]