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 ...

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 ...

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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, the video game engine company, has acquired Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings effects studio Weta Digital in a $1.625 billion deal. Under the terms of the proposed deal, which is ...

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Unity Technologies, the company behind the game engine of the same name, is purchasing the tech assets of Peter Jackson's Weta Digital VFX house, it has been revealed. The two firms have entered into ...

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 ...