Node.js vs Unity Web Player

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

Node.js

Development

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. It allows developers to build scalable network applications using JavaScript on the server-side.

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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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