Microsoft Liquid Motion Explained

Microsoft Liquid Motion was a product from Microsoft to create Java animations. It was based on technology acquired from Dimension-X.^[1] A beta was released in 1998,^[2] and version 1.0 was released soon thereafter to compete with Macromedia Flash. The product was eventually discontinued by Microsoft in 2000 due to lack of popularity.^{[3] [4]} Since Liquid Motion created Java-based animations, they were cross-platform and browser-independent.

See also

• Microsoft Vizact 2000
• DirectAnimation
• Microsoft Silverlight

External links

• More information

Notes and References

1. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/aug96/vrml20pr.mspx "Microsoft Licenses Industry's First Java-Based VRML 2.0 Implementation From Dimension X"
2. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1998/may98/liquidpr.mspx "Liquid Motion Delivers Web Animation for Everyone"
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20000816081138/http://www.microsoft.com/liquidmotion/ "Microsoft is discontinuing Liquid Motion"
4. About.com: Whatever Happened To... Liquid Motion