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 software is scuttling Peter Jackson's Weta FX visual effects company, which will lead to an estimated 265 jobs being eliminated.

Unity also showed off a visual effects graph for intuitively creating new VFX, which they demonstrated via a three-minute demo about exploring a derelict spaceship.

Unity’s acquired company, the tech assets of Weta, will be titled Weta Digital, while Peter Jackson’s Weta visual effects business will remain separate under the banner of WetaFX.

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.