Unity acquires Weta Digital

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Wow. Weta works on some really big films, so it will be exciting to see the work that they have done become available in the asset store.

In the PR they say: > [...] the asset library we’ll inherit [...], which includes urban and natural environments, flora and fauna, humans, man-made objects, materials, textures, and more. The WetaFX team will continue their [...] work for major film and TV productions and feed into this asset library for years to come.

Peter Jackson (of LoTR fame) is one of the founders of Weta.

Sad to see another one of New Zealand's large, well known employers get sold.

Unity is betting big on VFX Virtual Production, what a huge step this is. Unreal is of course ahead in this space, with major productions like Mandalorian to back it up. This is very interesting and exciting to see what will happen.

Weta is so beloved in the industry, and has so much expertise, hope nothing is lost in this transition.