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VFX companies don’t own any of the assets that they create for films, the studio does. I don’t know what Unity think they’ve bought there.
by pixel_fcker 5y ago
VFX companies don’t own any of the assets that they create for films, the studio does. I don’t know what Unity think they’ve bought there.
- follower 5y agoPresumably Weta has a contract with studios that means the company retains rights to "generic" assets they create.
- ByersReason 5y agoThe are competing with Epic, which has a huge presence in the VFX industry - including Unreal being used on the real-time VFX for the Mandalorian. Weta was using Unreal at one time, as well. This is likely a more strategic move to a) obtain more studio tech to integrate with Unreal to make sure they do not loose the "high ground", b)obtain people in the loop who really know about high end rendering engine tech, in which they are behind Unreal and c) make sure Weta stays well away from Epic.
- Slartie 5y agoThis is exactly on point. Unity is behind Epic in many respects relevant to both areas of business - classic game development and the nascent gaming-tech-used-for-movie-VFX business - and this acquisition is an attempt at fixing this deficit by throwing a chunk of money at someone.
- readbeard 5y agoI believe they have done a ton of R&D. They recently announced commercial availability of some of their custom Houdini add-ons. https://weta-h.com/ https://weta-h.com/