Unity Technologies is best known for the development of Unity, a licensed game engine used to create video games and other applications.
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32 Facts About Unity Technologies
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Unity Technologies was founded as Over the Edge Entertainment in Copenhagen in 2004 by David Helgason, Nicholas Francis, and Joachim Ante .
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Unity Technologies was named the runner-up for Best Use of Mac OS X Graphics at the 2006 Apple Design Awards.
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Unity Technologies grew with the 2007 release of the iPhone, as Unity Technologies produced one of the first engines supporting the platform in full.
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Part of Unity Technologies's appeal is that it allows people who lack the technical knowledge to program games from scratch to create games and other simulations.
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Unity Technologies acquired Applifier, a Helsinki-based mobile service provider, in March 2014.
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In 2017, Unity Technologies acquired Multiplay, a business that offers multiplayer server game hosting, from retailer Game for £19 million.
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Unity Technologies released the Unity 2017 version of its platform in 2017.
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Unity Technologies worked with Google on ARCore in 2017 to develop augmented reality tools for Android devices and apps.
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The following year, Unity Technologies worked with Google Cloud to offer services for online game developers and Alphabet Inc subsidiary DeepMind to develop virtual world artificial intelligence.
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The Unity Technologies platform is used to help machines through reinforced learning.
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Use of Unity Technologies software expanded beyond games in the 2010s, including film and television and automotive.
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In October 2018, Unity Technologies acquired Digital Monarch Media, a Canadian virtual cinematography company.
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Unity Technologies created the Unity Icon Collective in November 2018.
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Unity Technologies additionally purchased game analytics company deltaDNA in September 2019, which was later reported at a value of $53.
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Unity Technologies continued their acquisitions by buying live game management platform ChilliConnect in October 2019, and 3D application streaming service Furioos creator Obvioos in November 2019.
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In June 2020, Unity Technologies announced that they had partnered with Apple to update the Unity Technologies Engine to run on Apple silicon-equipped Macs with the 2020.
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An Apple silicon-ported version of the Unity Technologies Editor was demoed during the WWDC 2020 Platforms State of the Union event.
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That same year, Unity Technologies acquired Finger Food Advanced Technology Group for $46.
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Unity Technologies announced its plans to offer an initial public offering in August 2020.
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In December 2020, Unity Technologies announced the acquisition of the multiplayer networking framework, MLAPI, and RestAR, a computer vision and deep learning company.
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Unity Technologies announced plans to acquire Parsec, desktop streaming software, in August 2021 for.
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Unity Technologies added the "Wellington-based company's 275 engineers to its workforce".
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In January 2022, Unity Technologies announced the acquisition of Ziva Dynamics, a Vancouver-based VFX company.
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In July 2022, Unity Technologies agreed to buy ironSource in an all-stock deal worth US$4.
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Unity Technologies will receive a $1 billion investment from Sequoia Capital and Silver Lake once the deal is closed.
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Later that month, Unity Technologies's board rejected the offer and committed to complete its acquisition of ironSource.
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Unity Technologies is a public company based in San Francisco, California; its IPO was in September 2020.
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Unity Technologies's business is split into Operate Solutions, Create Solutions and Strategic Partnerships.
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In 2017, Unity Technologies launched Unity Without Borders, a programme that sponsored 50 video game programmers from the Middle East to attend Unity's Unite Europe conference in Amsterdam.
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Unity Technologies responded that Evans had been terminated due to misconduct and lapse in judgment, and replaced Evans with a former Microsoft executive in mid-2020.
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Unity Technologies technology is the basis for most virtual reality and augmented reality experiences, and Fortune said Unity Technologies "dominates the virtual reality business".
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