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Next Limit Technologies

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Company in Madrid, Spain

Next Limit Technologies is a computer software company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1998 by engineers Victor Gonzalez and Ignacio Vargas, the firm develops various technologies in the field of digital simulation and visualization. In December 2016, the XFlow division was acquired by Dassault Systèmes.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 14, 1998Founded1
  • Industrysoftware industry1
  • HeadquartersMadrid1
  • Websitenextlimit.com
  • Legal formprivately held company1

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Next Limit Technologies is a computer software company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1998 by engineers Victor Gonzalez and Ignacio Vargas, the firm develops various technologies in the field of digital simulation and visualization. In December 2016, the XFlow division was acquired by Dassault Systèmes.2

Products and brands

Products

RealFlow — a dynamics and fluid simulator for film production. RealFlow has been used in the production of films such as: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Maxwell Render — a physically correct light simulator and render engine;

XFlow — an engineering software for Computational fluid dynamics.

CaronteFX — an integrated physically-based animation editor extension tool for the Unity game engine.

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Research and development

Next Limit has actively participated in various research projects throughout Europe as well as Spain. It is currently the leader of the European project, SAFECITI (Safe Citizen), which aims to create a simulation system for analysts that would predict the behavior of large crowds in urban environments in moments of panic, violence, or catastrophes. The system is based on serious game technology and is designed as a training platform. Other European projects that Next Limit has actively participated in are: PRISM, Skycoat and COELUX. COELUX is responsible for the production of a window with an optics system based on nanotechnology that can reproduce natural light and the appearance of solar and sky light. This technology is implemented in closed spaces that lack an exterior facing window.

In Spain, Next Limit has participated in biotechnology research to simulate the heart as a complex fluid structural system.

From Wikipedia’s article on Next Limit Technologies, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Feb 14, 1998Founded Founded1

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