Oculus Rift developers get four months of free Unity

Oculus VR have announced that every Oculus Rift developer will get access to the Unity Pro platform and tools for free for four months.

The collaboration between Unity Technologies and Oculus VR is designed to encourage developers to create compelling immersive applications for the device, making it more desirable to consumers when it is commercially released. A Unity Pro 4 license (without any extras) usually costs $1875.

The Unity Pro platform, which was recently massively upgraded with version 4, will enable complex worlds to be explorable in the Oculus headset. 

“Unity provides game developers with amazing tools that bring joy to the process of creating games, while also lowering the financial and time barriers of high-end production,” said David Helgason, CEO and co-founder, Unity Technologies. “The next generation of video games will not only be found on consoles, but also on PCs, mobile devices and in the cloud though none of these platforms offer the ability to step into the experience. That is where the Oculus Rift comes in. We’re partnering with Oculus to give Unity developers the ability to create the most immersive gaming experiences yet.”

The Oculus Rift development kit, combined with a four-month Unity Pro trial license, will give developers the time, the integration code, the intuitive toolset and access to thousands of ready-made assets from the Unity Asset Store to create VR games and interactive content across a range of platforms. The extended Unity Pro trial license is available to any developer who purchases an Oculus Rift development kit.

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“The Unity engine’s innovative design, ease of use, and flexibility have helped game developers of all skill levels develop some of the most unique games on the market,” said Brendan Iribe, CEO of Oculus. “Like Unity, we share the desire to help developers create games unlike any other, and we look forward to seeing our combined technologies transformed into virtual reality.”

The Unity Pro extended trial license will be available through the Oculus Developer Center starting in April.

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