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Unity (NYSEU), the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences, today announced it has been selected by Toyota Motor Corporation to develop the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Toyota’s next-generation in-car Human Machine Interface (HMI), elevating the in-car experience.

Unity (NYSEU), the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences, today announced that Jarrod Yahes will join as SVP, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on January 1, 2025. His appointment comes on the heels of last week’s hiring of Steve Collins, ex-CTO of King and Havok co-founder, as Unity’s new Chief Technology Officer.

Unity (NYSEU), the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences, today announced Steve Collins will join Unity as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), adding key technical leadership to accelerate product innovation, quality, and stability.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing games and interactive experiences, today announced that Unity 6, the most stable and best performing version of Unity, is now available worldwide. Built, tested, and refined in partnership with developers from all over the world, Unity 6 will enable the creation of better games, built more quickly and more efficiently than ever before. Some of the new features in Unity 6 include end-to-end multiplayer workflows that speed development of connected games; tools that enable developers to target mobile web; and new graphics capabilities that move workloads from the CPU to the GPU, improving CPU performance by up to 4X in internal and customer testing.

At its annual “Unite” developer conference, Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing games and interactive experiences, will announce that Unity 6, the most stable and performant version of Unity, will launch globally on October 17, 2024. Unity 6 will offer developers customizable graphics rendering for greater control over their games’ visuals; simplified multiplayer game development to accelerate their journey through the entire game development lifecycle; and robust tools to build rich games optimized for web browsers.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing games and interactive experiences, today announced that effective August 12, 2024, Jim Payne will join the company as Chief Product Officer for Advertising, and help drive innovation and growth across its advertising business. Payne co-founded MoPub, the world’s largest mobile in-app ad server and exchange, and MAX Advertising Systems, a mobile header bidding platform. Recently, he founded CloudExchange, a publisher-hosted mobile advertising stack enabling first-party data usage and superior ad quality, whose assets Unity is acquiring.

Unity (NYSEU), the world's leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms, will demonstrate how virtual and mixed reality is bringing transformative change for companies across industries at the Augmented World Expo (AWE). Running from June 18 to June 20 in Long Beach, California, AWE will give attendees a firsthand, customer-guided look at how extended reality (XR) applications made with Unity are helping businesses drive efficiencies, generate new revenue streams, and transform experiences.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms, today announced the 2024 Unity for Humanity grant winners and honorees, all of whom will receive bespoke awards from a pool of $500,000USD. Judged based on the vision, impact, inclusion, and viability of their projects, the eight winners will also receive technical support from Unity to bring these projects to life.

Unity (NYSEU) (the “Company”), the world's leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms, today announced that Matthew Bromberg has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the Unity Board of Directors, effective May 15, 2024. Interim Chief Executive Officer Jim Whitehurst has been appointed Executive Chair of the Unity Board while Roelof Botha will transition from Chairman of the Board back to Lead Independent Director of the Board.

As highlighted in the 2024 Unity Gaming Report, even as the gaming industry faced economic challenges, multiplayer games are still proving tremendously successful. 68% of studios using Unity are developing multiplayer games in an effort to reach greater player engagement through competition and community building. As multiplayer game development and operating a live game service remain a complex undertaking for studios of all sizes, Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms, remains committed to supporting developers by streamlining the entire development process via a suite of flexible and extensible tools that they can use regardless of the game engine they choose or the platform they are targeting:

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms, announced today a new partnership with Mazda Motor Corporation (“Mazda”) to develop a next-generation in-cabin car experience that will deliver a more seamless on-road experience for drivers. The agreement is part of Mazda's research and development efforts for continuous evolution in the cockpit HMI area, and the GUI to be developed is expected to be installed in models scheduled for introduction from Phase 2 (2025-2027) onwards under Mazda’s 2030 Management Policy.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms, released the 2024 Unity Gaming Report today at the Game Developers Conference 2024 (GDC), revealing that while 2023 was a year marked with persisting economic headwinds, game developers are strategically navigating the challenges and successfully adapting to changes in technology, the economy, and player habits by doing more with less. Even with tightened budgets, studios are still experimenting, investing and taking calculated risks to maximize efficiencies and resources. They are focused on key opportunity areas including: boosting productivity with AI tools, maximizing revenue with diverse ad strategies, and doubling down on multiplayer and multiplatform games to reach as many players as possible and keep them playing longer. The report’s findings draw on data from approximately five million Unity Engine developers and more than 342 billion ad views. The analysis also integrates insights from polls, surveys, and Unity’s broad community of industry veterans, studio partners, and in-house experts to enable better strategic planning for studios.

Capgemini and Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced an expansion of their strategic alliance that will see Capgemini take on Unity’s Digital Twin Professional Services arm. Per the agreement, Unity’s Digital Twin Professional Services team will join and embed within Capgemini, forming one of the largest pools of Unity enterprise developers in the world. The transaction will accelerate the iteration and implementation of the market leading real-time 3D (RT3D) visualization software for the industrial application of digital twins. It will allow end users to envision, understand, and interact with physical systems - a key enabler for intelligent industry. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced today their support for visionOS is now available. Unity’s flexible authoring workflows, robust XR tools, and cross-platform compatibility are now unlocked and available to developers eager to craft unique spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro. Unity’s support for visionOS includes templates, samples, and other resources for developers to create games and apps that are immersive and seamlessly blend digital content with the physical world, using Unity’s PolySpatial technology. To learn more about Unity’s official support for visionOS, visit the Unity blog.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, unveiled a slate of new AI innovations and platform updates to better support how game developers realize their vision and run successful games at its annual developer conference, Unite. This includes early access availability to Unity Muse, a suite of AI-powered features to simplify content creation; a first look at Unity 6, Unity’s next major software release coming in 2024 (formerly known as 2023 LTS); and the announcement of Unity Cloud, a platform of connected products and services to help developers organize content across projects and pipelines.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content and experiences, will be demonstrating its vision for reshaping the digital entertainment landscape at SIGGRAPH 2023. Unity’s new Unity Wētā Tools division, set up to deliver the most widely used and trusted solutions for artists to collaborate and create 2D and 3D content, will showcase the latest advancements, designed to make high-end VFX production and premium content creation accessible to creators, empowering them to build captivating digital worlds, bring hyper-realistic characters to life, and elevate film production techniques.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced today the launch of its beta program for visionOS that includes access to Unity PolySpatial. Featuring integration with the Unity editor, creators can build experiences that run in visionOS, and leverage the amazing features of Apple Vision Pro. By combining Unity’s new PolySpatial technology with Apple’s RealityKit-managed app rendering, content created in Unity will have a unified look and feel, alongside other apps in visionOS. And Unity has worked closely with Apple to offer support for visionOS and PolySpatial, so users can experience their favorite Unity apps on day one in all new spatial environments made possible by Apple Vision Pro. Developers interested in signing up for the beta can visit www.unity.com/spatial.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the launch of Safe Voice, an advanced toxicity detection solution from Unity Gaming Services that leverages cutting-edge acoustic and semantic intelligence to identify in-game toxicity at scale. The context-aware technology gives studios the capability to take action faster, and to ultimately build and foster more positive, safe and engaged gaming communities. Safe Voice analyzes unique voice characteristics like tone, loudness, pitch, intonation, emotion, and context of player interactions, to deliver nuanced insights rapidly. Built to integrate seamlessly with Unity’s Voice Chat solution (Vivox), Safe Voice is game engine agnostic and provides an important safety-layer to a game’s player communications toolkit.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release second quarter 2023 financial results after the market close on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today launched Unity Sentis and Unity Muse, two new AI platforms designed to make creators more productive and their RT3D experiences more engaging. Unity Sentis is a cross-platform runtime inference engine that helps deploy AI models in any Unity project, and Unity Muse consists of tools used to accelerate creation of RT3D content. Together, both Unity Muse and Unity Sentis leverage AI to enhance the interactivity of gameplay and RT3D powered experiences, while accelerating creative workflows. Unity today also launched a dedicated marketplace on the Unity Asset Store with a collection of Verified Solutions that accelerate AI-driven game development. Today’s announcement marks a significant leap forward for developers, of any skill level, to create immersive and interactive experiences for multiple audiences across any supported device in the Unity ecosystem.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today launched a dedicated AI marketplace in the Unity Asset Store that features curated solutions to accelerate AI-driven game development and gameplay enhancements. Alongside the launch of Unity’s new AI platforms, Unity Sentis and Unity Muse, developers can now access and start creating with an ever-growing selection of AI tools, from professional-quality Unity Verified Solutions, to community-built solutions, to up-and-coming AI technologies. The AI marketplace centralizes these assets for Unity developers to make it easier and faster to find relevant AI solutions.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release first quarter 2023 financial results after the market close on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced Unity Industry, a set of optimized products and services that enterprises across manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, retail and other industries, can leverage to build and deploy interactive real-time experiences.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, will return to the Game Developer Conference (GDC) this year with a focus on celebrating the achievements of its developer community. Unity will spotlight 16 games across various platforms, from studios around the world at the Unity booth (#S327). Each title is made with Unity and uses Unity’s platform and services to push the creative, experiential and visual limits of their games. Additionally, Unity will share more about its future open AI ecosystem that millions of Unity creators will be able to integrate into their existing workflows to deliver immersive games and experiences to billions of users around the world.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today released the Unity Gaming Report 2023 revealing that while 2022 was marked by shifting economic headwinds, creativity and innovation in the gaming industry remained strong. The report features fresh, actionable insights on the state of game development to support studios of all sizes as they navigate the complexities of making games. The data is pulled from the Unity real-time development platform and Unity Gaming Services, through solutions that span mobile, PC, and console gaming, providing a unique view of the many parts of the gaming industry. New to this year’s report are insights and advice from respected studios including Zynga, the leading entertainment publisher behind the world’s most popular mobile games, Second Dinner, the award-winning developer behind the popular mobile hit, MARVEL SNAP, and Ramen VR, the creators of the highly acclaimed MMO VR game, Zenith: The Last City.

Unity Software Inc. (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, is providing the following statement regarding the events surrounding Silicon Valley Bank:

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today introduced a new “Decentralization” category page in the Unity Asset Store with vetted solutions to support developers interested in technology that enables decentralization in gaming. Decentralization in this context typically refers to models of ownership in games that allow players to create, earn, or obtain in-game resources that they can then sell or trade. This dedicated page on the Asset Store will help interested developers find verified solutions to manage digital assets, set up smart contracts, build on blockchain networks, and more.

Unity Software Inc. (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced fourth quarter 2022 revenue of $451 million, which is up 43% from the same period in 2021 and ahead of guidance. Additionally, the company announced full-year 2022 revenue of $1.39 billion, a growth of 25% year-over-year. The company also released a Shareholder Letter with detailed financial information available at investors.unity.com.

Unity (NYSEU), the world's leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced a major update to its mobile game publishing solution Supersonic. The update builds on Supersonic’s white box approach to publishing, giving hyper-casual game developers increased access to data, insights and knowledge to help them make more informed decisions. This is another step forward for Unity’s end-to-end platform that provides game developers with a comprehensive set of tools for each stage of their development journey.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 financial results after the market close on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the appointment of Anirma Gupta as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. She previously served as Chief Legal Officer at Carbon. As Unity’s General Counsel, Gupta will lead the global Unity legal team and report directly to Unity CEO John Riccitiello.

Unity Software Inc. (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced third quarter 2022 financial results, including revenue of $322.9 million, which is up 13% from the same period in 2021.

Unity (NYSEU) today announced that it has completed its merger with ironSource, becoming the industry’s leading end-to-end platform for mobile app creators. The transformational combination allows Unity to support developers through the entire development lifecycle as they build, run, and grow immersive, real-time games and 3D experiences into successful businesses. The company’s depth and breadth of tools and services are unmatched in the industry. The combined company is expected to be highly profitable and generate positive free cash flow.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it has updated the time of its third quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, with a webcast to follow. It will now take place at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, in a partnership with Unity creators VRrOOm on VRChat, Future Fest and Volta, will broadcast a first of its kind multi-destination and cross-platform virtual concert, featuring TikTok bass sensation Blu DeTiger in closing to the company’s annual event Unite 2022.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release third quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity Software Inc. (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced second quarter 2022 financial results, including revenue of $297.0 million, which is up 9% from the same period in 2021.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today released the Unity 2022 Multiplayer Report, to help developers better understand both player demand and preferences for multiplayer games. This report shows that more than half of the global population (52%) now play games and a majority of those gamers (77%) play multiplayer games. Additionally, it also reveals the importance of social factors in both influencing purchase decisions and fueling engagement in games. To give studios of all sizes immediate access to foundational building tools that will help accelerate multiplayer development and deliver the best connected gaming experiences, today Unity launched new self-serve features for Game Server Hosting and Matchmaker. These additions bolster an already robust portfolio of multiplayer solutions offered through Unity Gaming Services (UGS).

Capgemini and Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, are joining forces to help organizations everywhere explore and seize business opportunities and benefits of immersive and metaverse experiences across industries.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release second quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations website.

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Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release first quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today released Unity Gaming Report 2022. Pulling insights and data from Unity’s Create and Operate Solutions divisions, the report offers an extensive view on the state of gaming, revealing player behaviors throughout the pandemic and detailing trends propelling the industry’s growth.

Unity Software Inc. (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced fourth quarter 2021 revenue of $315.9 million, which is up 43% from the same period in 2020 and ahead of guidance. Additionally, the company announced full-year 2021 revenue of $1.1 billion, a growth of 44% year-over-year.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 financial results after the market close on Thursday, February 3, 2022, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the availability of Meta Audience Network for in-app bidding access in Unity Mediation, available within Unity Ads. With this integration, publishers get self-serve and streamlined access to a premium demand source, making it quicker and easier to maximize their revenue. Meta Audience Network is the latest addition to Unity Mediation, solutions that give developers access to the most comprehensive demand, with over 60+ ad ecosystem partners as well as enhanced tools to set pricing strategies, bid competitively, and maximize overall ad fill.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Weta Digital’s tools, pipeline, technology, and engineering talent. This acquisition is designed to empower the growing number of game developers, artists, and potentially millions of consumer creators with highly sophisticated content creation tools used in some of the world’s most iconic movies and television shows, such as Avatar, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, The Suicide Squad, and more.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today released two complementary reports revealing the high demand for multiplayer games and the importance of post launch content for sustaining player engagement. Unity Gaming Services’ Cross-Platform Gaming Study conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Unity, revealed that over half of all Americans (56%) played multiplayer games in the past year, with 87% of those gamers playing cross-platform games. Illustrating the need to keep these players engaged, The State of Live Gaming in 2021 Report, developed in partnership with Akamai - the world's most trusted solution to power and protect digital experiences - details how post-launch content updates drive and sustain high levels of player engagement, particularly for mobile game studios who saw an increase as high as 86% in in-app purchase revenue after a content drop. Together, the reports emphasize the need for developers to have better post launch game management, which is part of Unity Gaming Services’ core remit as a new platform experience that equips developers of all sizes with the best solutions to quickly create multiplayer games and to effectively run their live operations.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the launch of Unity Simulation Pro and Unity SystemGraph, two new products that advance simulation performance and capabilities forward to make it simpler, faster and more cost-effective to run powerful simulations.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weta Digital’s tools, pipeline, technology, and engineering talent. Ultimately, this acquisition is designed to put Weta’s incredibly exclusive and sophisticated visual effects (VFX) tools into the hands of millions of creators and artists around the world, and once integrated onto the Unity platform, enable the next generation of RT3D creativity and shape the future of the metaverse.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the beta launch of Unity Gaming Services – a new platform experience that unifies Unity’s existing Operate Solutions for games and introduces new tools and services that simplify any developer’s ability to launch cross platform, multiplayer games.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the availability of Unity Mediation, inclusive of waterfall and bidding, within Unity Ads. These new offerings, in open beta, help developers build strong revenue streams, easily optimizing demand from their best-performing ad formats and network partners within the same editor and interface they build and manage the rest of their game experience from.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that it is achieving net zero carbon emissions now, starting with 2020 emissions, and every year thereafter. Employing a three-step approach, the company will immediately leverage carbon offsets to offset its 2020 emissions, redesign internal processes to lower emissions, and align with groups who are demanding better from the world in order to fight climate change, including signing on to the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Business Ambition for 1.5°C.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced today a partnership with Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award-winning artist, actor, author and activist, Common.

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Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, has unveiled Unity Metacast, an innovative new platform that will lead the real-time 3D (RT3D) evolution for professional sports. Unity Metacast is a RT3D sports platform for creating and delivering interactive content, direct to the consumer. UFC, the leading mixed martial arts organization, and one of the most popular sports brands in the world, will collaborate on research and development of potential applications for Unity Metacast within UFC content.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release third quarter 2021 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at investors.unity.com along with the company’s earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the acquisition of OTO, an AI-driven acoustic intelligence platform that can be leveraged to build and foster safer gaming environments with voice and text chat environments. OTO will be integrated into Unity’s industry leading Vivox platform as a cornerstone for solving one of gaming’s global challenges: the rise of toxic behavior that leads to poor player experience, and ultimately, lost revenue for game creators.

Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced support for ROS 2 - the open-source robotics middleware suite from Open Robotics. Building on its support of ROS earlier this year, Unity is now supporting ROS 2 due to significant advancements and support of more hardware drivers, networking modules, communication architecture, and several robot algorithms. To showcase the value ROS 2 brings to robotics developers, Unity also released a demo of an Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) leveraging ROS 2 in Unity.

Unity Software Inc. (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced second quarter 2021 revenue of $273.6 million, which is up 48% from the year prior and ahead of guidance. This marks the 11th consecutive quarter of 30% or greater growth as the company crosses $1 billion in annual revenue run rate. Unity is increasing full year guidance for 2021.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the high performance remote desktop and streaming technology company, Parsec, which allows gaming and creative professionals to work together from anywhere. This transaction is an important step toward Parsec’s and Unity’s expanded cloud vision: that creators should expect to be able to work from any location, on any device through rich and powerful tools and seamless cloud infrastructure to deliver the real-time 3D experiences of the future.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the acquisition of Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV), creator of SpeedTree®, a suite of vegetation modeling and environment creation products for architecture, games, visual effects, and real-time simulations. As a long-time partner to Unity, this acquisition of IDV enables a deeper integration of SpeedTree into the Unity ecosystem, which will significantly enhance artists authoring workflows and environment creation capabilities, and solves a critical pain point for Unity creators across industries: the ability to bring rich environments to life quickly and efficiently.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release second quarter 2021 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at the Unity Investor Relations website at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the winners of the Unity for Humanity Rare Impact Challenge: Apart of Me and What It’s Like To Be Me. Created in partnership with Selena Gomez’s Rare Impact by Rare Beauty, the Unity for Humanity Rare Impact Challenge is a grant honoring leading creators building mental health-focused experiences. Winners receive funding, mentorship, and technical support to advance and scale their projects.

Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the availability of Unity Computer Vision Datasets aimed to reduce the cost of developing computer vision applications, and more quickly train AI for the Manufacturing, Retail, and Security industries. Computer Vision solutions providers can now purchase bespoke datasets for their AI training needs all while maintaining strict privacy and regulatory standards.

Unity (NYSEU) announced today it will release first quarter 2021 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, with a webcast to follow at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The webcast can be accessed at the Unity Investor Relations website at investors.unity.com along with the company's earnings press release. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Investor Relations website.

Unity (NYSEU), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced the launch of the Unity for Humanity Environment and Sustainability Grant, the company’s first sustainability-focused grant within the existing Unity for Humanity Program. Created in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Project Drawdown, the call for submissions for the grant will open on April 22, 2021, timed with Earth Day.