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 ...

A massive shake-up in the VFX market as Unity makes the potentially game-changing purchase of Weta Digital and aims to release its tools to the masses. In one of the most dramatic moves that anyone ...

The deal means democratizing Weta Digital's industry-leading toolset, more real-time virtual production, and Weta having the financing to make its own animated movies and series. With Tuesday’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weta Digital, one of the world’s premier visual effects companies founded by Peter Jackson, has sold its visual effects tech ...

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 ...

The studio, which pioneered the VFX seen in Lord of the Rings and many more blockbuster films and TV shows, is making its tools available outside Hollywood. Reading time 2 minutes Game development ...