When most people think of Hackweek, what typically comes to mind are images of wild-eyed developers, huddled up in rooms for days, pouring over hundreds of lines of code and dozens of cups of coffee. We imagine these teams toasting in celebration, being inspired and energized by what they discover and create, bonded in feelings […]

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Find out how a creative agency used Unity to land an ad campaign for Nike and produce four heart-pumping video spots featuring animated, video game-style versions of top athletes in just one month. The artists at Nashville-based creative agency IV Studios aren’t just advertising pros; they got game, too. That’s how they were able to […]

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Level up your artist skills and network with Unity experts during Game Developer Conference Summer (GDC Summer), taking place online August 4–6, 2020. While this year’s GDC is a much more intimate affair than in years past, it has been and will always be an event about ensuring the success of your creative endeavors – […]

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Since 2018, Cross Compass has integrated Unity into the pipeline of several of its consulting services for the manufacturing field to train and validate AI algorithms safely before deployment. Read on to learn how this AI company came to use gaming technology to add value to such a mature industry. Cross Compass is a leading […]

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Our first TECH stream release of the year is available as of today. Unity 2020.1 includes a wide range of features and improvements that make Unity workflows even more intuitive and make you more productive, while Unity 2019 LTS remains the recommended version for projects in production. Also, if you hadn’t heard our latest news, […]

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A short while ago, Unity announced the acquisition of the Bolt visual scripting Asset from developer Ludiq. Now that the integration and technical transition of Bolt to Unity is complete, we are very happy to announce the next step in our plan to deliver visual scripting to all Unity creators: Bolt visual scripting is now […]

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When it comes to graphics, you need to be able to push your visuals and have the control to be able to decide what matters to you most. That’s why we created the Graphics sessions for Unite Now, our digital programming series of inspiring talks, demos, Q&As and stories – to level up your Unity […]

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Adding deep links within your Unity project is a simple way to drive users directly to specific content in a mobile app – no navigation required. That content becomes easily shareable and more interactive, bringing new users, guiding existing users to new content, and more. A deep link in a mobile app is a URL […]

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Visual Studio 2019 offers world-class debugging, and lots of new tools and customization options so that you can set up your coding environment exactly the way you want it. It also comes with a range of powerful features for working with C# in Unity that helps you write and refactor code quicker than before. In […]

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A/B testing takes away the guesswork from the process of improving games. In games, at any one time, countless variables have an impact on each player’s experience. That variability has a knock-on effect and makes optimization a much more complex undertaking than it might seem. If you want to improve any aspect of your game, […]

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