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Unity, Epic Partner To Open ‘Fortnite’ To Unity Games And Expand Unreal Support
Unity and Epic Games team up to bring Unity-built games into ‘Fortnite’ and expand cross-platform tools, giving developers wider reach and flexibility.
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2024 Animation Industry Layoff Tracker
Tracking layoffs across the animation, vfx, and gaming industries.
Unity Software Laying Off 1,800 Employees, Around A Quarter Of Its Workforce
This is the fourth round of layoffs at Unity since July 2022, and will affect “all teams, regions, and areas of the business.”
Unity Software Laying Off 265 Employees From Its Unity Weta Tools Division
Unity purchased Weta’s tools, pipeline technology, and 275 engineering staff for $1.625 billion less than two years ago.
Unity CEO John Riccitiello Retires Amid Pricing Model Controversy
Unity is under fire for unpopular changes to how game devs will be charged and retroactively changing its TOS.
Unity To Unveil Its Unity Weta Tools Division At SIGGRAPH 2023
One discission will focus on challenges involved in creating the characters of ‘The Sea Beast,’ and how they were overcome using Ziva VFX.
Report: 2022 Was The Second-Best Year Ever For Gaming Investment, Mergers, and Acquisitions, And 2023 Could Be Even Better
After two strong years back-to-back, the gaming industry could be looking at a historic 2023 if Microsoft gets its way.
Weta FX Opens Offices In Vancouver, Its First Studio Outside Of New Zealand
The studio has an initial staff of 75 artists, with plans to expand before the end of the year.
You Can Soon Start Producing Weta-Quality VFX From Home
Unity’s acquisition of Weta Digital could be a game-changing moment in the vfx industry.
How Wallace And Gromit Transitioned To Augmented Reality For ‘The Big Fix Up’ (Interview)
The British inventor-and-dog duo’s first ar adventure is due to launch in mid-January.
2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival Preview
A preview of the world’s second-largest international animation festival, starting this Wednesday in Ottawa, Canada.
How ‘Ready Player One’ Combined Virtual Production And Motion Capture Tools To Create Digital Characters
A look at the steps involved in “Ready Player One”’s virtual production paradigm.
See The Results Of This Animator’s Homemade Motion Capture System Using iPhone X
The Apple iPhone X is turning out to be a much more powerful tool for animation artists than anyone could have imagined.
Digital Humans In Real-time Are The Star In Neill Blomkamp’s Latest Short
Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studios made a new short using Unity game engine.
iClone 7 Introduces Markerless Facial Capture Tech
Faceware’s markerless motion capture tech is now available for character and avatar animation software iClone 7.
Behind The Scenes of ‘Mr. Carton’: The Animated Series Made With a Game Engine
The French production is the first television animated series made with the Unity game engine.
The Animated Short ‘Sonder’ Chose An Unconventional Rendering Solution: Unity
Former Pixar artist Neth Nom explains why he used the game engine Unity to render his new short film.
Unity Has Released Rigged Characters and Environment Art Assets from ‘Adam’
Assets, effects, and environments from the real-time rendered “Adam” demo short from Unity can now be downloaded for personal use.