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Unity is a game development tool for multi-platform games which has been designed to ease creation. It is a powerful engine and fully integrated professional application. The integrated editor of Unity is done through the simple user interface. The editor has been created after thousands of hours which have been spent on getting it to one of the top ranking game editors. The graphical power of the Unity comes with highly optimized graphics for both the OpenGL and DirectX. Unity supports all types of file formats, especially all the major formats as well as those from art applications. Unity is compatible with 64-bit versions and can run on Mac OS X and Windows and can produce games for Mac, Windows, Wii, iPhone, iPad and the Android platform. Unity has been specifically created for 3D video games, real time 3D animations and architectural visualizations and other similar interactive content. The Unity editor can use the web player plugin and produce browser games which are supported by both Windows and Mac. The web player plugin can also be used for Mac widgets. Unity will also support the latest consoles such as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In 2010, Unity was awarded the Technology Innovation Award by the Wall Street Journal and in 2009, Unity Technologies came in the top 5 Game companies. In 2006, Unity won the runner up award at the Apple Design Awards. The Unity asset server can be used on all scripts and game assets as a version control solution and is able to support projects consisting of many gigabytes and thousands of multi-megabyte files. The Unity editor is able to store metadata and their versions, while it can perform commits, updates and graphical version comparisons inside. The Unity editor is able to update the status instantly as soon as the files are modified. The Unity asset server is available on Mac, Windows and Linux and it runs on PostgreSQL, the open source database server. The licensing for Unity comes in two parts. They are the Unity and Unity Pro. The Unity version is available for free, whilst the Unity Pro version can only be purchased. The Unity Pro version comes with additional features such as post processing effects and render to texture effects. The Unity version that is free displays a stream for web games and splash screen for standalone games. The Unity and Unity Pro provide tutorials, content, sample projects, wiki, support via the forum and future updates. Unity used on the iPhone, iPod and iPad operating system which is iOS come as add-ons to the existing purchase of the Unity editor, The same rule applies to the Android as well. Some of the major features of Unity include:
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