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| Unity bets on cloud testing with new Simulation product - TechCrunch Posted: 23 Sep 2019 01:29 PM PDT  For the past several years, Unity's valuation has ballooned alongside their public ambitions to become essential to customers beyond game developers. One of the more interesting use cases of the real-time rendering game engine had been helping companies train their systems inside a virtual environment. This has become a key part of the workflows for robotics startups and self-driving car companies that build technologies that need to be trained repeatedly on ever-changing circumstances. Today at the company's Unite conference, Unity announced that they're building a dedicated product for these use cases, called Unity Simulation. The product is currently in closed beta, but it allows customers to run simulations on cloud-connected hardware thanks to a partnership between Unity and Google Cloud. "By combining Unity's real-time 3D development platform with the scale and flexibility of the cloud, Unity Simulation will help businesses accelerate the creation of better, safer and more reliable products," said Unity VP of AI Danny Lange, who previously led machine learning at Uber. For self-driving car companies, these simulations can help the cars build up virtual experience on roads in fringe situations that can test the technology at its limits. Robotics companies can similarly test products virtually on realistic models that haven't even been built yet. Larger customers had already been using Unity for these kinds of problems, but they had been doing so with their own hardware. Unity Simulation relies on Google Cloud for running these parallel tests and can make it a bit easier for small customers that want to leverage testing in virtual environments. The product may appeal to customers outside the gaming world, but the use cases don't exclude game studios. An example from Unity's website details how the service can help studios quickly simulate thousands of outcomes of gameplay to help developers adjust the level of difficulty for users appropriately. For multi-player titles, a tool like this could explore whether new items or power-ups could be combined to make a single user too powerful. The service could also help studios identify how stable their title is. Unity's announcement comes at a sensitive time for the gaming company, which has been rocked by a sexual harassment allegation against its sitting CEO John Riccitiello filed by a former female executive at Unity. Riccitiello spoke onstage at Unity's "Unite" conference in Copenhagen this morning, but did not address the recent lawsuit. The startup recently disclosed it had closed a $525 million funding round at a $6 billion valuation and is reportedly targeting an IPO next year.  |
| Posted: 23 Sep 2019 09:00 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unity Simulation enables businesses to perform large-scale 3D simulations using Unity in the cloud, allowing for greater insights, risk-free experimentation, and faster validation of new ideas Unity Technologies (https://unity.com/), creator of the world's leading real-time 3D development platform, today announced Unity Simulation, a cloud-based simulation product for running multiple instances of a Unity project at scale. Supported by Google Cloud's infrastructure, Unity Simulation lowers the barrier for anyone to train, test, or validate new products and services in a high-fidelity 3D environment, so creators can bring their ideas to the world faster. Initial use cases for Unity Simulation will focus on computer vision oriented applications for the automotive, gaming, and robotics industries, however, the product can be used for any project, prototype, or concept created in Unity. Unity Simulation is available in closed beta. To get started with the free beta program, sign up here. "In a new era of data-driven artificial intelligence, simulation is the key to unlock the full potential of this game-changing technology," said Danny Lange, VP of AI and Machine Learning, Unity Technologies. "By combining Unity's real-time 3D development platform with the scale and flexibility of the cloud, Unity Simulation will help businesses accelerate the creation of better, safer, and more reliable products." Unity is already used for a wide range of simulation tasks, allowing businesses to create virtual environments easily. Unity Simulation leverages the scalability of the cloud to run millions of simulations simultaneously, accelerating time to insight by testing multiple scenarios in parallel. This saves time, manages risk, and can show how products will perform prior to costly public launches. Train AI in a Safe Virtual Environment There are some situations where testing and training is mandatory to improve product quality and ensure the system operates safely. Training and validating an autonomous vehicle is one instance where using a virtual environment can dramatically reduce the risk for both the car and those around it, allowing businesses to stress-test systems before they are put on the road. "By using some of the latest advancements in Unity, including parts of the Data-Oriented Tech Stack and the High-Definition Render Pipeline, our LGSVL Simulator is able to create digital twins of real-world environments with accurate sensor models to train autonomous vehicles across multiple scenarios," said Seonman Kim, Vice President of Engineering, Advanced Platform Lab of LG Electronics. "By running the LGSVL Simulator on Unity Simulation, autonomous vehicle developers will be able to dramatically accelerate the training of their systems by running multiple scenarios in parallel." Test at Massive Scale Game designers today are inundated with choices about their game, but it can be tedious to assess every option if they can only test one choice at a time. By using Unity Simulation to run cloud-based simulations of their game, developers have a powerful product that can save them time by testing multiple scenarios in parallel. "By working with Unity to leverage Unity Simulation, our team was able to run different combinations of in-game scenarios to find imbalances early in the development process. We believe Unity Simulation will play a big part in improving player experience in the future as well as help shorten the time it takes to soft launch a new title successfully," said Régis Geoffrion, Studio Director at iLLOGIKA Validate Before Going into Production Unity Simulation allows businesses to validate a new product without a large upfront investment in hardware. In a field such as robotics, businesses can use Unity Simulation to train and validate how a new robot will perform before they build the physical product, allowing them to better plan and design a robot to fit their needs. Unity Simulation is currently available in closed beta, with new users being approved gradually. To learn more about Unity Simulation and start the onboarding process, sign up here. About Unity Technologies Unity is the creator of the world's leading real-time 3D development platform, giving users the most powerful and accessible tools to create, operate, and monetize experiences for the real-time world. Unity empowers anyone, regardless of skill level and industry, to create 3D visual content using world-class technology, operate using resources that maximize ease-of-use, and monetize, so that they can find success with their creations. The company's 1,000 person development team keeps Unity at the forefront of development by working alongside partners such as Google, Facebook, Oculus, Autodesk, and Microsoft to ensure optimized support for the latest releases and platforms. Made with Unity experiences reach nearly 3 billion devices worldwide and have been installed more than 29 billion times in the last 12 months. For more information, please visit www.unity.com. 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