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PlayCanvas vs Unity Web Player

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

PlayCanvas

PlayCanvas

Games

PlayCanvas is an open-source game engine for building interactive 3D web content. It allows developers to create games and applications using JavaScript and WebGL that can run on multiple platforms including mobile, desktop, VR, and AR.

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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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