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A stunning underwater creature made by Gustavo Groppo.

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Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation software, including AI animation and modular character rigging in Bifrost.

Matali Physics 6.9 Presents Physics-driven, Completely Dynamic Light Sources Published June 02, 2025 Advertisement We are pleased to announce the release of Matali Physics 6.9, the next significant step on the way to the seventh major version of the environment. Matali Physics 6.9 introduces a number of improvements and fixes to Matali Physics Core, Matali Render and Matali Games modules, presents physics-driven, completely dynamic light sources, real-time object scaling with destruction, lighting model simulating global illumination (GI) in some aspects, comprehensive support for Wayland on Linux, improved simulation of stacked objects, improved physics-based photo mode, introduces optimizations for Steam Deck portable gaming console and Linux as well as provides a refreshed Matali Physics Game demo. What is Matali Physics?Matali Physics is an advanced, modern, multi-platform, high-performance 3d physics environment intended for games, VR, AR, physics-based simulations and robotics. Matali Physics consists of the advanced 3d physics engine Matali Physics Core and other physics-driven modules that all together provide comprehensive simulation of physical phenomena and physics-based modeling of both real and imaginary objects.What's new in version 6.9?Physics-driven, completely dynamic light sources. The introduced solution allows for processing hundreds of movable, long-range and shadow-casting light sources, where with each source can be assigned logic that controls its behavior, changes light parameters, volumetric effects parameters and others;Real-time object scaling with destruction. All groups of physics objects and groups of physics objects with constraints may be subject to destruction process during real-time scaling, allowing group members to break off at different sizes;Lighting model simulating global illumination (GI) in some aspects. Based on own research and development work, processed in real time, ready for dynamic scenes, fast on mobile devices, not based on lightmaps, light probes, baked lights, etc.;Comprehensive support for Wayland on Linux. The latest version allows Matali Physics SDK users to create advanced, high-performance, physics-based, Vulkan-based games for modern Linux distributions where Wayland is the main display server protocol;Other improvements and fixes which complete list is available on the History webpage.What platforms does Matali Physics support?AndroidAndroid TV*BSDiOSiPadOSLinux (distributions)macOSSteam DecktvOSUWP (Desktop, Xbox Series X/S)Windows (Classic, GDK, Handheld consoles)What are the benefits of using Matali Physics?Physics simulation, graphics, sound and music integrated into one total multimedia solution where creating complex interactions and behaviors is common and relatively easyComposed of dedicated modules that do not require additional licences and feesSupports fully dynamic and destructible scenesSupports physics-based behavioral animationsSupports physical AI, object motion and state change controlSupports physics-based GUISupports physics-based particle effectsSupports multi-scene physics simulation and scene combiningSupports physics-based photo modeSupports physics-driven soundSupports physics-driven musicSupports debug visualizationFully serializable and deserializableAvailable for all major mobile, desktop and TV platformsNew features on requestDedicated technical supportRegular updates and fixesIf you have questions related to the latest version and the use of Matali Physics environment as a game creation solution, please do not hesitate to contact us.  Cancel Save 0 likes 0 comments Comments Nobody has left a comment. You can be the first! You must log in to join the conversation. Don't have a GameDev.net account? Sign up!