Two video game titans are getting together today in support of virtual reality.
Valve and Unity Technologies are announcing today that the Unity Platform will have native support for SteamVR, which is Valve’s tech behind the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. This means that it will be easier for game developers to use the Unity game engine to create VR games for the HTC Vive and any other systems that use SteamVR. Valve created the SteamVR platform as an open system that counters the closed system of the Oculus Rift, a VR headset that Facebook’s Oculus VR division launches on March 28. The HTC Vive is scheduled for a launch sometime in April. The alliance is a big deal, as Unity has more than 4.5 million registered users for its Unity game engine.
And right now, VR is a war for the hearts and minds of developers. Unity has to make this kind of progress in order to stay ahead of rivals like Amazon, whichlaunched its own free 3D game engine for Amazon Web Services customers this week.
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