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Computer Associates International Inc. has acquired Orem's Viewpoint DataLabs International Inc. in a move that may bring computer animation like that seen in the films "Antz" and "Godzilla" to business software.
Viewpoint is known in the entertainment and software industries for creating and publishing the world's largest library of three-dimensional digital images.
The Orem firm created the computer-generated 3-D image of Godzilla in the recent TriStar movie. Viewpoint also is credited with creating one of the first cultural icons to emerge from the World Wide Web -- the computer-animated "Dancing Baby" that has appeared on the Internet and Fox Network's "Ally McBeal."
Computer Associates is among the world's largest...