Unity, a public trading tech firm entered a conclusive agreement in order to acquire Weta Digital by Peter Jackson for a sum of $1.625 billion. The transaction would be made in a stock and cash combination. Weta is a popular name as it was the VFX company that did the special effects for Avatar by James Cameron and Peter’s The Lord of the Rings. This deal is targeted to close by year-end.

Popular Movies That Weta Enhanced

Weta’s tech assets that are acquired by Unity will be renamed Weta Digital. However, Peter’s Weta VFX business will stay a separate entity under the name WetaFX. Recently, the company has also worked on movies like Eternals, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Jon Landau and Cameron are relying on Weta for their special effects of the sequel of Avatar.

Peter Believes in Unity

Unity is well known in the VR entertainment field. They are the creators of the Unity game engine that is real-time and used in virtual production for a lot of entertainment content. Peter said in a statement that the tools Weta Digital use help create unlimited possibilities and make things in your imagination come alive as though they are real. He also said that both Weta Digital and Unity have the ability to carve pathways for artists and bring about real changes in the cinematic world.

Huge Transactions

Prem Akkaraju joined Weta Digital in 2020 but will stay WetaFX’s CEO. Joe Marks, the CTO of Weta, joined Unity and will oversee things at Weta Digital. As for the tech aspect, through this huge transaction Unity will acquire 275 engineers as well as proprietary technology with the inclusion of Weta’s very own tools and cloud service in addition to Gazebo and Manuka renderers, the physics-based simulation tool Loki used for smoke and water, Barbershop’s hair and fur system and the technology to capture facial.

Wolves have long been known as mysterious and enigmatic creatures, and it seems as though they have once again shocked the world with their strange ways. The people and scientists of northern France have long assumed that their land has been free of these animals for at least a century, but new video footage suggests that they may have now made their return to the northern stretches of this country.

Caught on Camera

Across many open fields and diverse landscapes across the world, you will be able to find camera traps. These cameras are perfectly placed in order to take video and camera footage of those animals who come out at night, the animals who shun human interaction, and the ones who largely like to keep to themselves. In April 2020, though, camera trap footage taken near Londinieres in the northern area of France seemed to showcase an animal that hasn’t been seen for a century.

The Animal in Question

When the photos made their way over to the French Office for Biodiversity, the animal experts examined the photos and tried to determine the animal that was caught on camera. What struck them most was the fact that this animal actually looked like a Eurasian wolf – which comes from the gray wolf family. However, the experts were reluctant to make this decision, as this species of wolf has not been seen in the area for almost one hundred years. Why would it suddenly make its return? Until the experts are able to see a physical sighting of the animal that was caught on camera, they do not want to rule out that it may just be a large wild dog.

If this animal is a wolf, though, this will be a huge breakthrough for animal experts in the region. After all, an amazing animal may have finally returned to them.