Unity Technologies Announces an Education Partnership to Accelerate Game
Development Worldwide
Noesis Interactive Will Serve as a 'One Stop' Shop for Education Institutions
for Unity Technologies and Noesis' Video-Based Courseware and Instructional
Materials
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Unity Technologies, the leading provider
of the multi-platform game development platform for Web, PC, Mac, Wii(TM) and
iPhone, today announced a worldwide education distribution and training
relationship with Noesis Interactive.
Educators around the world have begun to develop academic programs to teach
students how to develop video games as part of a game development track,
certificate or degree. To enhance and accelerate this opportunity, Noesis
Interactive will serve as a one stop shop for education customers to purchase
both the Unity Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Noesis created
Video Courseware at special educational prices, along with extensive
instructional materials for the Winter Terms beginning in January 2010.
"We view our relationship with Unity Technologies as a great match for both
Unity and Noesis," said Casey Noland, CEO at Noesis Interactive. Unity has a
game development platform that is quickly gaining momentum with educators
around the world. Noesis is about making it easy for students to learn how to
use tools while enabling teachers to focus on conceptual learning and the art
of game design. Together, we plan to meet the needs of educators and fulfill
our common vision."
"Unity Technologies is on the cusp of dramatically changing the face of
interactive content development forever and it's critical that we support
worldwide educational institutions in helping their students to become great
Unity developers," said Nicholas Francis, Chief Creative Officer at Unity
Technologies. "We believe that Noesis Interactive is the perfect partner based
on their experience and expertise in providing educators with the high quality
education material that helps create world class students, and down the road,
world class developers."
Noesis Interactive is currently developing two initial course offerings, Unity
Essentials (http://education.noesisinteractive.com/video-courseware-798.html)
and Unity Scripting
(http://education.noesisinteractive.com/video-courseware-782.html). Unity
Essentials will teach the fundamentals of the IDE interface and common
practices as well as general workflow, asset management and publishing
techniques. Unity Scripting will build on these fundamental skills and teach
more specific methods for creating interactive game experiences within Unity
through JavaScript.
In addition, Noesis Interactive will provide course outlines, online quizzes,
assessment tools, instructor notes and teaching aids at no charge to
participating academic institutions, in order for them to rapidly implement
courses designed around the Unity platform.
About Noesis Interactive
Since its inception in 2005, Noesis has focused on enabling video gamers to
build their own games through its results oriented video-based training and
academic instructional materials. Noesis currently supports 3D application
platforms including Autodesk's Softimage, Maya and 3DsMax, and game
development platforms from Valve Corporation and Unity. For more information
about Noesis Interactive visit education.noesisinteractive.com.
About Unity Technologies
Headquartered in San Francisco, Unity Technologies enables game developers of
all sizes to get their game made faster and more efficiently across a variety
of platforms. The Unity engine is platform agnostic and significantly expands
the reach for developers. As a fully supported deployment platform, developers
can now use Unity to drive development of the best games on iPhone, Mac and PC
as well as the Wii console. For more information about Unity Technologies
visit unity3d.com
Unity Technologies Contact Unity Technologies Contact
in the USA: in Europe:
Amber Rowland Alison Beasley
pr@unity3d.com pr@unity3d.com
+1 (650) 814-4560 +44 (0)7966 449130
Noesis Interactive Contact:
Kevin Robertson
kevin@noesisinteractive.com
+1 (831) 479-4263
SOURCE Unity Technologies
USA, Amber Rowland, +1-650-814-4560, pr@unity3d.com, or Europe, Alison
Beasley, +44 (0)7966 449130, pr@unity3d.com, both of Unity Technologies; or
Kevin Robertson of Noesis Interactive, +1-831-479-4263,
kevin@noesisinteractive.com
