The Metaverse Blogger

Not long ago (alright, in software world long, long ago) Caligari and Microsoft joined forces to further develop Caligari’s 3D modeling software “trueSpace”. In the beginning, the acquisition seemed hopeful, with Caligari’s fairly popular trueSpace becoming free to use, similar in application to Google’s SketchUp.

However, times have changed. As it turns out, Microsoft has decided to drop the Caligari and trueSpace project, as it was announced by Caligari’s founder:

“You may have heard that Microsoft Corporation, reacting to difficult business conditions, has been evaluating many of the products it produces and making the difficult decision to reduce investment in certain areas.

It is with regret that I have to tell you that trueSpace is one of the products affected. As a consequence, you will see reduction or elimination of services offered for trueSpace. For example, there will be no phone or email support offered for trueSpace by Microsoft, and our web site may also be affected. While the dates are not absolutely fixed, some services and contacts may come to an end as early as Friday May 22nd 2009, while others will continue as long as possible with no firm cutoff date available yet.”

You can read the rest of the letter here. If you have any interest in downloading the free version of trueSpace while you can, head on over to Caligari’s site soon.