Feature • Next-gen tech in Unity
Recent years have seen a huge upsurge in content creators utilising game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine to deliver their work to the public. These engines have put unbelievably powerful tools into the hands of everyday artists and led to an explosion of highly-rated games, films and visualisation.
This democratisation from developers to content creators shows no signs of stopping, evidenced by Unity's acquisition of two major players, bringing both Weta Digital (now Wētā FX) and Ziva under their ever-expanding wings. The result of these moves, for artists, is that they are gaining access to world-class, industryproven tools and workflows that would otherwise be unattainable.
By way of example, Wētā's toolset is world renowned and many artists could have only dreamed of accessing those exact same tools for their own projects. The time for dreaming is now over. A new era is dawning, and it seems to be firmly
