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Unity Reflect makes it easy to bring Building Information Modeling (BIM) data into virtual reality (VR). Learn how you can use the Unity Reflect VR Viewer to conduct immersive design reviews with Autodesk Revit models. The value of VR in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is well documented. It provides an unrivaled medium […]

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We’re showcasing Unity’s voice and text chat app, Overtone, at PAX East. Experience the power of this reliable, scalable, high-fidelity communication tool in Boston, MA, February 27 to March 1.  Connect with Overtone Overtone is a free downloadable voice and text chat app that enables gamers around the world to communicate in and out of […]

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Last year had great highlights like, the longest uninterrupted streak of #UnityTips on Twitter, regular weekly episodes of Best of Made with Unity projects and the rise of a new wave of Unity centric content creators on YouTube. With so much awesomeness to keep track of we’re dedicating the first Community Component of 2020 to […]

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Unity is teaming up with NXP Semiconductors, the world’s largest provider of automotive semiconductors, to demonstrate a human-machine interface (HMI) toolchain that operates on NXP’s popular i.MX 8QuadMax Applications Processor. The collaboration creates opportunities to bring real-time 3D experiences, including games made with Unity, to mass-production vehicles, regardless of their trim level and cost. One […]

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The secret to creating a successful mobile games business is to have players that come back to your game day after day. The way to do that is by focusing on the one metric that matters: Lifetime Value (LTV).  If you can optimize your game to focus on retaining your players over the long term, […]

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Prior to Unite Copenhagen in September 2019, Unity collaborated with Lexus and its agency Team One to showcase a real-time car configurator and promote Unity as a photographic tool with real-world camera controls, using the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP). The demo featured a high-detail car model from Lexus in different trims, a fully-modeled 3D […]

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After countless hours of development and iteration, you finally launched your mobile game in various app stores. But this is just the beginning. How will you maintain the health of your app? Here we will break down seven steps to get started with paid user acquisition and explain why you need it to grow your […]

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In January of 2020, real-time storytellers will be able to dazzle and inspire the Sundance Film Festival audience with immersive creative achievements in the show’s New Frontier program. Time and again, creative visionaries find new ways to bring their stories to the audience of one of the world’s premier film festivals, and Unity is proud […]

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Today at CES, we announced that Unity Simulation, our cloud-based simulation product, is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS).  This strategic collaboration with AWS bolsters our commitment to users by giving you the choice where your simulation data resides. You can take advantage of a scalable, reliable, and secure global computing infrastructure to run […]

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We set out to build workflows that give creators the ability to make AR applications that work the way we want them to: context-aware, flexible, customizable, functional anywhere and with any kind of data – without requiring tons of code.  As we near the release of MARS this year, we wanted to share the backstory […]

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Car buyers increasingly expect rich and unique online experiences during their purchase journeys. In this post, learn how Lexus is using Unity to reimagine the production process for advertising/marketing content – ultimately paving the way for the automaker and its creative partners to create high-fidelity imagery and videos faster, more cost-effectively, and at an unprecedented […]

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The excitement of the holiday season is all around us. It’s in the ambient festive buzz. The queues at the shops. The crowded flights, trains, and buses to everywhere. The last-minute preparations at home to welcome in guests and the new year.  Frankly, that sounds exhausting. So we’ve prepared a bit of a holiday binge-watching […]

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In 2016, Unity Lab’s Authoring Tools Group released the first version of EditorXR, our extension for working in Unity’s Scene View in XR head-mounted displays (HMDs). EditorXR lets you create content spatially, bringing the full functionality of the Unity Editor’s authoring tools into reality. Since its introduction, our experimental EditorXR feature has evolved alongside the […]

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Tactic is using Unity to pioneer a new category of brand marketing: AR-enhanced product packaging. Pointing your phone’s camera at a package or label launches unique and compelling AR experiences that drive increased engagement and sales. We caught up with Tactic’s executive creative director (ECD) to talk about the challenges and opportunities for AR-enhanced products […]

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We put our new 2D tools through their paces to create a 2D side-scroller demo. In this post we show how these integrated 2D tools can help you create high-end visuals with Unity. Highly skilled teams have been making gorgeous 2D games with Unity for years, but we wanted to enable everyone, from individual artists […]

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The XR Interaction Toolkit enables you to add interactivity to your AR & VR experiences, across our supported platforms, without having to code the interactions from scratch. As of today, it’s available as a preview package for Unity 2019.3 via the Package Manager. We are excited to share the initial preview release of the XR […]

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Want to create a treasure-hunt level for your game, complete with pirates, gunboats and lost islands? Or a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with zombies? Chances are that whatever adventure world you’re imagining, Synty Studios has published a complete Asset Store package to help you realize it. You can get your hands on all of these and […]

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With a new release candidate version of 2019.3, we’re entering the final stages of testing for release readiness. When we label a Unity version a “release candidate,” it means that we’re finalizing the last step of the beta testing phase and are in the final stage just before the full official release. Each release candidate […]

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Each year, we celebrate the fantastic games, tools, and experiences you have created using Unity. This year is no different! The Unity Awards are back, and we couldn’t be more excited to share the finalists with you. This is your opportunity to weigh in on your favorite projects across games, virtual reality (VR), film, industry […]

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The 2019.2 releases of PiXYZ STUDIO and PiXYZ PLUGIN are now available for current subscribers and new customers and bring some important refinements as well as fundamentally new capabilities. As a result of these improvements, PiXYZ is now suited for a wider range of use cases and provides support for workflows that start with point […]

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