Unity has entered an agreement to acquire VFX platform Weta Digital, with aims to lean further into the metaverse. Weta was co-founded by director Peter Jackson, and is responsible for the digital ...

Unity has launched a Weta Tools division that aims to provide 2D and 3D VFX solutions for the wider industry. Unity acquired Weta Digital in 2021, and Ziva Dynamics in 2022, and will now make their ...

A massive shake-up in the VFX market as Unity makes the potentially game-changing purchase of Weta Digital and aims to release its tools to the masses. In one of the most dramatic moves that anyone ...

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 ...

Unity, the company behind the game engine of the same name, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire blockbuster VFX firm Weta Digital for a hefty $1.625 billion (thanks, The Hollywood ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weta FX will aim to rehire its former staff, though further layoffs are likely in Unity at large. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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 ...

Unity, the increasingly popular “build once, deploy anywhere” 3D game engine, is going 2D. At the company’s UNITE conference in Vancouver this morning, CEO David Helgason announced three things: ...