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 ...

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Unity, the technology company whose real-time game engine powers countless video games, mobile games, and more and more frequently vfx and animation production, has announced that it will be debuting ...

Today’s blockbusters are overwhelmingly reliant on visual effects (VFX). Big budget franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel and DC Comics depend on highly creative and realistic effects for a more ...

Unity Software, a 3D game-development platform, is expanding its VFX footprint in a big way with the $1.625 billion acquisition of the technology division of Peter Jackson‘s New Zealand-based Weta ...

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