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Unity acquires Ziva Dynamics

Jan 24, 2022 by CGPress Staff
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Unity has announced the acquisition of  Ziva Dynamics, creators of software for simulation and deformation, machine learning, and real-time character creation. Read more on the Unity blog. 

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pMuffin
3 years ago

cheesus crust, lots of cg tech corporate acquisitions these days. I hope the futures isn’t darker.

Jumanji
3 years ago

Every time I read news like this I can only think of “Succession”. Now Unity own quite a powerful and high end PC toolset…

Igor Posavec
Reply to  Jumanji
3 years ago

“…I can only think of “Succession”” – Hahaha, this one is good, thanks 😀

Patfish
3 years ago

This tool would have fit way better into the Unreal-Workflow 😉

Last edited 3 years ago by Patfish
Max Underground Spirit
Reply to  Patfish
3 years ago

NO…as you can see, developers are tired to bake and believe in Unreal fake miracles… 😉

ItsMee
Reply to  Max Underground Spirit
3 years ago

Unreal fake… Fake unreal .. 🤔

Juang3d
Reply to  Max Underground Spirit
3 years ago

What Unreal fake miracles?

If you expect something easy to use as “click here and you have a full super mega human virtual production wth 10€” then yes, it’s normal that you feel they are “fake miracles”

But if you expect something ready for production, with cost conditions that are a benefit for both, the user and Epic, prepared for high quality apps/games or for virtual production, both with screens or with green screen, and you expect some quickly configurable characters, very high quality assets to be used inside unreal, and mix all of this with proper professional work and required knowledge about a complex engine as Unreal Engine is… there is nothin fake in it.

The matter about Ziva is a matter of money and interest, Epic probably don’t have interest in Ziva, they already have proper virtual human/virtual production technology that keeps evolving, and Unity is desperate to reach quality levels provided by unreal for virtual production, that’s why they purchased the weta tools.

Unity is the king in mobile, but for high quality AAA or Virtual Production is ages behind Unreal.

Morris Del Fritte
Reply to  Max Underground Spirit
3 years ago

unreal fake miracles? Baked in?! As in their awesome nanites and lumen? you are a fool!

3dguy
Reply to  Max Underground Spirit
3 years ago

Unreal fake miracle

This!

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