Unity Wētā Tools has launched its newest tools to help artists work more efficiently on digital character creation and in film production. Wētā Tools, recently acquired by Unity, is a platform ...

Game engine maker Unity has announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the New Zealand-based VFX studio owned by Peter Jackson that's behind the special effects in films including Jackson's Lord of ...

With Tuesday’s announcement of Unity purchasing Weta Digital’s VFX tech division for $1.6 billion, we’re going to witness a metaverse alliance between the two companies. This means Weta-style ...

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The tech division of Weta Digital has been sold in a $1.625 billion deal. Weta Digital is Peter Jackson‘s Wellington-based empire known for its work on The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Game of Thrones ...

Might be a while before you can use them to make a Gollum of your own though. Screenshot: Warner Bros. Game development platform Unity has acquired the technology division of one of the biggest VFX ...

The Heretic is a short film created by Unity’s Demo team. With ”The Heretic”, the team used every aspect of Unity’s High Definition Rendering Pipeline, created advanced effects with the VFX Graph, and ...

Unity Technologies, the company behind the game engine of the same name, is purchasing the tech assets of Peter Jackson's Weta Digital VFX house, it has been revealed. The two firms have entered into ...