CM Labs Simulations

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CM Labs Simulations
CM Labs
Formerly
  • Lateral Logic
  • Critical Mass Systems
  • MathEngine Canada
Company type Private
Founded1994;31 years ago (1994)(as Lateral Logic)
2001;24 years ago (2001)(as CM Labs)
Founder
  • Jussi Westergren
  • Karsten Howes
  • Frédéric Francis
  • Robert Weldon
Headquarters
Montreal
,
Canada
OwnerMathEngine PLC (1999-2001)
Website cm-labs.com

CM Labs Simulations is a private company established in Montreal in 2001. CM Labs makes simulators and training software for various industries. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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History

The company that was to become CM Labs Simulations was founded as Lateral Logic Inc. in 1994 by Jussi Westergren, Karsten Howes, and Frédéric Francis. The company was focused on ground vehicle visual simulation systems, and the development of software toolkits for physics simulation. They released the Lateral Collision Engine (LCE) in 1998. [5]

Lateral Logic was acquired by MathEngine PLC in April 1999 and was renamed Critical Mass Systems. [6] MathEngine's original Dynamics Toolkit and Collision Toolkit were developed in part by Critical Mass Systems.

In 2001, MathEngine spun off Critical Mass Systems business as CM Labs Simulations, consisting of the CM office in Montreal and a portion of MathEngine's technology, renamed Vortex.[ citation needed ] Vortex has been under active development ever since the initial launch of the software in 2001.[ citation needed ]

While MathEngine's remaining technology, itself renamed Karma, became fully absorbed into the Unreal Engine 2 and RenderWare game engines, CM Labs shifted its focus away from gaming to the visual simulation for training (VST) market.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Solving the Realism Challenges of Next-generation Heavy Equipment, Earth-moving, and Military Simulations", Military Technology, Special Issue 2013
  2. ↑ "Using Simulation to Solve the Challenges of Offshore Operations", Scandinavian Oil – Gas Magazine No. 5/6 2013
  3. ↑ "Faster training Simulation is the Goal of New Vortex Software", Crane & Rigging Hot Line – Nov 2013
  4. ↑ Montreal simulators prove popular with contracting firm and railway Archived 2014-05-27 at the Wayback Machine - Crane and Hoist Canada – May/June 2013
  5. ↑ "Lateral Logic Introduces Real-Time Collision Detection Software Package". Lateral Logic. 1998-07-20. Archived from the original on 1999-02-08. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  6. ↑ Frauenfelder, Mark (2001-08-01). "Smash Hits". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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