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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The studio, which pioneered the VFX seen in Lord of the Rings and many more blockbuster films and TV shows, is making its tools available outside Hollywood. Reading time 2 minutes Game development ...

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 ...

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 Software Inc will buy Weta Digital, a visual effects (VFX) studio known for its work in movies such as "Godzilla vs. Kong" and "Avatar" in a US$1.63 billion cash-and-stock deal, the companies ...

Weta Digital, one of the world’s premier visual effects companies founded by Peter Jackson, has sold its visual effects tech division to Unity in a $1.625 billion deal, according to an individual with ...