Unity collaborates with Qualcomm to optimize development platform

USA: Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. announced that Unity Technologies will be optimizing its multi-platform engine in the coming months in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies.

These modifications will help improve the performance of Unity-authored games and applications running on mobile devices powered by a wide variety of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors from Qualcomm Technologies.

As a result, developers will have a unique opportunity to create and deploy dynamic gaming experiences with high-end visuals on various Snapdragon processor-based devices. As part of this collaboration, Unity Technologies also will be making available enhanced and optimized mobile games for certain Snapdragon processor-based devices. Snapdragon users can look forward to new, Unity-based games later this year.

To date, Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, with integrated Adreno GPUs, can be found in more than 770 commercially available or announced products, with another 450 product designs in the pipeline.

Available in a range of features and configurations, Qualcomm Snapdragon processors enable great gaming experiences across a large spectrum of devices, from entry-level smartphones to high-end smartphones and tablets. As a result, this collaboration will help empower Unity Technologies' global community of more than 1.5 million registered developers to create better mobile gaming experiences with advanced graphics for many Snapdragon-based Android and Windows devices across the world.

"Qualcomm Technologies is passionate about mobile gaming, so we're very excited to be working with an industry leader in game engine and tool technologies such as Unity Technologies," said Raj Talluri, senior VP of product management at Qualcomm. "This collaboration will allow the two companies to optimize the strength of Unity's powerful rendering engine with the integrated OpenGL ES 3.0 compliant Adreno GPUs and high performance multi-core CPUs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. As a result, this will help bring exceptional gaming experiences to consumers."

"As an industry leader in mobile gaming, Unity Technologies is constantly looking to improve the quality and robustness of its multi-platform engine and development tools for Unity's developer community," said David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies. "We're excited to work with an innovative global mobile technology provider such as Qualcomm Technologies and support their incredible Snapdragon processors, which are at the heart of many Android and Windows mobile devices across the globe."