This Open 3D Foundation is launching with over 20 corporate members including representatives from Adobe, AWS, Huawei, Niantic, and Red Hat. The goal is simple: To accelerate developer collaboration on 3D engine development for AAA games and high-fidelity simulations.
Right out of the gate, Amazon Web Services is open-sourcing a new version of the Amazon Lumberyard game engine to the new foundation (under the Apache 2.0 license) as the Open 3D Engine (O3DE). This new engine will enable developers and content creators to build exciting 3D experiences and provide support and infrastructure through forums, code repositories, and developer events.
But O3DE will not be limited to developing for games and will include the likes of content authoring tools, animation, physics systems, and asset processing. In fact, creators will be able…
