Background

Realizing that fast and robust physics simulation was a lacking feature of interactive entertainment software and virtual reality applications, a group of students and researchers at Linköpings Universitet started a project on rigid body simulation in 1999. The simulator was being further developed and demonstrated at CeBIT 2000. In 2001, the group focused on developing a complete rigid body simulation API for the computer games industry, which is now the core product in Meqon.

Meqon Research AB was founded in 2002 by Dennis Gustafsson and Marcus Lysén as a spin-off company from Linköpings Universitet. The vision is to bring more realistic dynamics into virtual environments. The tool is the API developed at the university and the great knowledge gained by the group since 1999.