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Adobe Shockwave Player vs Unity Web Player

A side-by-side look at Adobe Shockwave Player and Unity Web Player. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe Shockwave Player

Media & Entertainment

Adobe Shockwave Player is a browser plug-in for running interactive multimedia content and applications developed with Adobe Director. It plays Shockwave Flash files as well as its own Adobe Director format.

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Unity Web Player

Unity Web Player

Games

Unity Web Player is a browser plugin that allowed Unity games and applications to run in a web browser. It provided hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, audio, physics, and scripting capabilities via Unity's engine. The Web Player plugin has been deprecated in favor of WebGL publishing.

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