What is in store for developers with Unity 5 ?

What is Unity 5? What makes it unique in terms of game development ?
Unity 5 is the new edition of the most widely used (and we think the best) development platform for creating 2D/3D games and interactive experiences. In this version we have delivered amazing techiques like 'Physically-based Shaders' and 'Real-time Illumination' to unlock the artistic imagination in a way which looks beautiful. On top of that we have really pushed to extent on the highly regarded workflow process to help teams making profesional games. There are loads of other new features too; ripe to be taken advantage of by developers.

Unity is available for a lot of platforms, how do you manage to keep it comparable to game engines developed for a specific platform ?
Portability is a core aspect to what makes Unity special and developers can launch their games on 21 platforms. Its also very easy to define platform specific functions using the scripting tools and to create profiles to adapt to different screen sizes and device performance.

Tell me about Unity's collaboration with Oculus
One of those platforms we are often asked about isn't even fully launched and that's VR. We are hugely excited about working with teams like Oculus to help developers get the best performance for players from these fabulously immersive experiences. There really is nothing quite like putting on a get of goggles and losing yourself in a spaceship simulator or some such experience.

Tell me about Unity's ability to develop games for play within a web browser
The Unity5 proposition also brings a preview of our WebGL support which allows you to bring beautiful games content onto a supporting browser with no plug-in. Thats something I'mm hugely excited about personally.

Tell me about Unity's mission to make game development universally accessible
As well as the core platform Unity believes its essential to brings additional tools to help developers not just make games but to be successful. We want you to Create, Connect and Succeed! Thats why we have our Cloud Build and Analytics tools as well as the two areas I know most about Unity Ads and Everyplay.
Unity Ads has been incredibly successful and uses the idea that players opt to watch ads in order to gain something for the game. That has worked so well for Crossy Road from Hipster Whale that we paid them $3Million just from video ads on iOS in just 100 days.
Everyplay itself is a free gameplay recording tool which lets players record their experiences on mobile and share them with others. This has led to over 1200 games sharing millions of videos between them and alongside the community tools we also include means that game developers can support and engage with their players directly.

What would be the best way for a student who is interested in game development to adopt Unity ?
Anyone from a student to a professional can take advantage of Unity 5.
Just go to http://unity3d.com/get-unity/download
Chose from our Professional Edition or the Personal Edition (which is free of you meet the criteria). We dont charge royalty shares.
This is an amazing time to make games and I'm so glad to be here in Bangalore this week to talk to local game developers and learn how they are already being successful using Unity and making great games.