Unity Web Player

If you're involved in the gaming-related development, or you're simply passionate about games, then there's a fairly good chance that you've heard about Unity.

In just a few words, Unity is one of the most popular, all-purpose,  cross-platform 2D and 3D gaming engine (or game development platform, as it's also called).

Its high status comes partly from the high quality work of the development team behind it, and partly thanks to the remarkable number of over 25 supported platforms, such as mobile, desktop, console, TV, AR, VR and Web.

Since it seems like almost everything is transitioning from our local devices onto the Web, it's a good thing the company decided to launch the Unity Web Player.

This lightweight piece of software is designed to bestow upon your computer's browser 3D preview capabilities, thus ensuring your enjoyment for blazing three dimensional content with immersive graphics and smoothly animated characters that you've come to appreciate from Unity.

To deploy it on your computer, simply download and launch the provided installer, agree with the provided terms and conditions and that's basically it. From this point onwards, you should be able to play any 3D game or 3D content built with Unity with the help of your browser without any type of extra hassle or user input.

Last but not least, please note that in order to ensure the best all-round performance, the player automatically updates whenever necessary.

Despite its lightweight package, Unity Web Player plays a vital role when it comes to playing 2D and 3D content (be it games or videos) created with Unity from the web. It primarily acts as a standalone engine, but it uses your web browser's resources to "access" the required hardware, without the need of other third-party libraries like OpenGL or DirectX.