Unity promises initial OpenXR platform support by the end of 2020
When the Khronos Group released OpenXR — a royalty-free standard designed to make cross-platform VR and AR app development easier, supporting multiple platforms —...
InvestGame breaks down $20.5 billion in 2020 game deals
The game industry has seen an estimated $20.5 billion in acquisitions, investments, and IPOs in the first nine months of the year, according to...
Unity’s stock rises 32% in first-day trading to $18.1 billion value
Unity Technologies saw its stock price rise 32% to $68.88 a share in the first day of trading as it launched an initial public...
Unity files for IPO, reveals $163 million loss for 2019 and 1.5 million monthly users
Unity Technologies has filed for an initial public offering to help its business of making it easier for developers to create video games and...
Luna Labs’ Replay automates creation of mobile game video ads
Luna Labs is launching Replay, a tool for mobile game studios that lets them create endless versions of video ads from a single gameplay...
Immersal maps Helsinki in city-scale AR using crowdsourcing mobile app
Last year, U.K.-based Scape showed off a city-scale AR mapping solution that promised to let mobile devices tap into 3D maps and persistent, cloud-stored digital...
WHO and game companies launch #PlayApartTogether to promote physical distancing
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the video game industry have teamed up on #PlayApartTogether, a promotional campaign that encourages healthy physical distancing by...
Unity Technologies launches cloud-based game simulations for developer playtests
Unity Technologies has launched a cloud-based game simulation service for game developers so they can playtest and balance their games more easily. The Unity Game...
Unity drops out of GDC as coronavirus fears mount
Unity CEO John Riccitiello announced today that the company is pulling out of this year’s Game Developers Conference, which will take place in San...
Unity gets controller-free hand-tracking in the editor with Oculus Link
The latest update to the Oculus Integration for Unity adds the Quest’s controller-free hand-tracking to the editor. Facebook added experimental controller-free hand-tracking for Quest in...