Unity unveils Wētā Tools division for film and real-time 3D content

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Unity has announced the launch of its Unity Wētā Tools division for making film and real-time 3D animations and games at the Siggraph 2023 conference.

This division aims to provide artists with accessible and trusted solutions for collaborative 2D and 3D content creation. At Siggraph, Unity Wētā Tools will showcase the latest advancements that empower creators to build captivating digital worlds, breathe life into hyper-realistic characters, and elevate film production techniques.

At Siggraph 2023, Unity Wētā Tools will deliver a presentation reaffirming Unity’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of digital production and fostering innovation and creativity.

Unity bought the Wētā tools division of Peter Jackson’s in 2021 for $1.6 billion, and now the company is ready to showcase these tools as the high end of its product line, said Timoni West, vice president of product for Unity Wētā Tools, in an interview with GamesBeat. Now we’re seeing the outcome of that deal for Unity’s full product line. The upcoming products from that acquisition will be demoed at Siggraph.

“We’ve been really just doing the work over the last year and a half, trying to figure out what best we can take from that acquisition. The tools are very successful. They’re used on hundreds of different movies and films today,” West said. “But figuring out what we can extract and start to really productize — from something already used by a lot of professionals — for our next service is what this is. The idea is to take