Forbes estimates Riccitello has become the video game industry’s newest billionaire thanks to the company’s soaring shares
that its software was used to make 71% of the top 1,000 mobile games and 50% of games across mobile, PC and console in 2020.
Riccitiello has led an aggressive campaign to keep Unity at the forefront of innovation, as evidenced by its recent string of acquisitions, including the purchases of RestAR, a deep learning and computer vision company, and Pixyz, a 3D preparation and optimization software. He claims the acquisition of Weta Digital will help with Unity’s pursuit of building out a metaverse, referencing the buzzy and loosely defined term for a digital world where people can interact as avatars.
“What we want to try to do is have your average 14-year-old to be able to do what Peter did in creating Gollum and putting that character in the metaverse,” Riccitiello toldBut Riccitiello’s time at Unity hasn’t been without its own troubles.
Evans claimed she was ultimately fired as retaliation for reporting the sexual harassment allegations. Unity denied this and instead
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