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<p>SpeedTree is a group of vegetation programming and modeling software products developed and sold by <a href="/facts/Unity_Technologies/XYuT93af">Unity Technologies</a>, and originally by Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV), that generates virtual <a href="/facts/Foliage/1m6wCNTg">foliage</a> for animations, architecture and in <a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">real time</a> for <a href="/facts/Video_games/vmTdNASJ">video games</a> and demanding real time simulations. </p><p>SpeedTree has been licensed to developers of a range of video games for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Xbox/c4vCQ0kC">Xbox</a> and <a href="/facts/PlayStation/09r71TxV">PlayStation</a> console series since 2002. </p><p>SpeedTree Cinema has been used in more than 40 major films since its release in 2009, including <i><a href="/facts/Iron_Man_3/oHqWu8Vz">Iron Man 3</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness/93tRK97c">Star Trek Into Darkness</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Life_of_Pi_(film)/tXdRJIse">Life of Pi</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Birdman_(film)/SeFB5XBf">Birdman</a></i>, and was used to generate the lush vegetation of <a href="/facts/Fictional_universe_of_Avatar/eC18Fmyx">Pandora</a>, in <i><a href="/facts/Avatar_(2009_film)/42UQCtTT">Avatar</a></i>. </p><p>SpeedTree was awarded a <a href="/facts/Scientific_and_Technical_Academy_Award/xuWY8Vrl">Scientific and Technical Academy Award</a> in 2015, presented to IDV founders Michael Sechrest and Chris King, and Senior Engineer Greg Croft. </p>