This included further support for the Alembic file and interchange format (a staple in most animation and vfx pipelines), improvements to the engine’s Visual Effect Graph, a new filmic motion ...

Unity purchases Weta Digital’s visual-effects tool suite for $1.6 billion Major deal continues the slow merging of movie-creation and game-creation tools.

Part of the New Zealand-based visual effects studio co-founded by Oscar-winning director Sir Peter Jackson has been sold for $1.6bn (£1.2bn).

All 275 Weta Digital engineers will join Unity, though Jackson's visual effects business will live on under the new name WetaFX.

Its visual effects business will remain as a separate company called WetaFX, which is expected to become one of Unity's largest customers.