Unity Blog

Have you ever needed to compare the difference in performance between two versions of your project? See the impact of an asset or code change, optimization work, settings change or Unity version upgrade? Read on to find out how our Profile Analyzer (Preview) can help you! Built out of necessity As part of Unity’s Platform […]

The Rookies is a community platform and online global contest that enables students to share their work with the world. Last year’s winner of the PC & Console Game of the Year award, Lyra: The Traitor Lyngrave, shares their learnings and advice for students. This year’s iteration of The Rookies, a community platform and online […]

Be among the first to see what new features and enhancements Unity has for you in the next 2019 TECH stream release. In this beta, we’ve integrated the popular Polybrush tool, added the Unity Distribution Platform to get your games and apps to new global audiences, improved and expanded the toolsets for mobile, lighting, 2D, […]

The 2019.1 releases of PiXYZ STUDIO and PiXYZ PLUGIN for Unity deliver some major advancements, including new and improved algorithms, a revamped UI, and tighter integration with Unity. These advancements bring better quality models, faster processing, and greater productivity to your workflow. For 2019.1, PiXYZ has focused on development efforts, resulting in a long list […]

In this Faces of Unity post, we’re highlighting Paul Saiedi, Unity’s first Global Head of Inclusion. Paul heads up Unity’s commitment to creating and expanding diversity and inclusion across the company, and works to remind us that we have an opportunity in all of our actions to impact how we can create a sense of […]

Releasing later this year alongside the launch of HoloLens 2, the all-new HoloLens 2 Development Edition offers even more value to jump-start your mixed reality development plans by combining the HoloLens 2 mixed reality device with $500 in free Azure credits, and 3-month free trials of both Unity Pro and the PiXYZ Plugin. “By bringing […]

Power up your development with big discounts throughout the Unity Asset Store. Looking for spectacular particle explosions? Need a specialty environment like a volcanic planet? Want to speed up your workflows? Now’s the time to make it happen. Through midnight PST (GMT -8) May 15, we’re making it easy for you to ramp up your […]

We’re revamping the Asset Store to make it easier for developers to find what they’re looking for. It runs better than ever on mobile, and search results are improved too. Read on for highlights. Our community has never been stronger. They embrace Unity’s passion for democratizing game development and readily share ideas, solutions and creations. […]

In April, we continued our AEC webinar series (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction), allowing audiences to see how VIATechnik put the PiXYZ Plugin to the test by analyzing BIM data generated from actual virtual design and construction projects. They discovered that model prep times could be reduced by 20-30%. Read on to catch the highlights. Real-time […]

Experience a whole new way to access our award-winning learning courses, projects and tutorials and master your Unity skills. If you’ve started to learn Unity, you’ve probably tried one of our tutorials and learning projects. These unique resources – designed to help you learn by building and modding real Unity projects – have been acclaimed […]

Unity’s ray tracing enables customers to create stunningly realistic real-time experiences using affordable hardware, unlocking new applications that were impractical just a few months ago. At this point, nearly everyone with even a passing interest in real-time 3D graphics has seen the amazing video of a BMW M850i that we recently created in partnership with […]

If you’re a mobile game developer, understanding how well your game is resonating with your players can be difficult. You’ve got a wealth of data to look at – from app store reviews to player growth, so getting a sense of what’s important and actionable to can be a complex process. One of the most […]

PHAROS AR by Childish Gambino is the world’s first cross-platform, multiplayer AR music experience, and it’s now available on Google Play and coming soon to the App Store. The application is built with Unity and ARCore, Google’s platform for creating AR experiences. Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) is a cultural phenomenon and celebrated music artist. […]

UIElements is a new retained mode UI framework for Unity, available now as a public API for Unity 2019.1. In its current form, it’s a tool that makes it easier for you to extend the Unity Editor. In-game support and visual authoring will come in future releases.  Traditionally, building custom Editor windows and inspectors […]

It’s time for another Community Component! Our blog series where we showcase resources, tutorials, and amazing projects that come from the Unity community. If you like this content, let us know! If you want to share your project with us, give it a share on social media with #madewithunity and #unitytips, or share it with […]

The hand-drawn, 2D indie darling Cuphead just released to Nintendo Switch. We talked with Studio MDHR engineer Adam Winkels to learn about the team’s approach to optimizing for the platform and he shares his advice for developers in today’s blog. “Bringing Cuphead to Nintendo Switch was a very smooth endeavor. Much of the game worked […]

Now it’s easier for AEC professionals to use the Unity platform to create real-time experiences. When you convert your CAD model to Unity, you can use Tridify BIM Tools to visualize your project, and keep your BIM data attached to your 3D models. Architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals can use the Unity platform to […]

The first TECH Stream release of the year – Unity 2019.1 – is now available. It includes many new production-ready features such as the Burst Compiler, the Lightweight Render Pipeline (LWRP), and Shader Graph. Also, there are numerous innovations for animators, mobile developers, and graphics experts, and multiple updates that streamline project workflows and simplify […]

Today, we are releasing a new update to the Unity ML-Agents Toolkit that enables faster training by launching multiple Unity simulations running on a single machine. This upgrade will enable game developers to create character behaviors by significantly speeding up training of Deep Reinforcement Learning algorithms. In this blog post, we overview our work with […]

In March, Unity announced real-time ray tracing support for NVIDIA RTX technology. Real-time ray tracing introduces photorealistic lighting qualities to Unity’s High-Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP), unlocking new potential in Unity’s visual capabilities. Preview release of NVIDIA RTX in Unity is planned for 2019.3. To show off this new lighting technology, we took on the challenge […]