Today Unity announced that it has acquired SpeedTree creator Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. As a result of the acquisition, SpeedTree's technology will be fully integrated into Unity.

The first shots of SpeedTree 8 look absolutely amazing, will be inside of Amazon's Lumberyard engine - teased at GDC 2017.

Unity has acquired Interactive Data Visualization, Inc, the creators of SpeedTree. Following the acquisition, the foliage customization and environment development tool will be integrated directly ...

This process has begun with Unity’s upcoming 2021.2 release, which highlights better integration of SpeedTree-generated assets with Unity’s Scriptable Render Pipelines and Terrain system.