Unigine SDK

2024

Return to the register of Russian software

In mid-April 2024, the development toolkit (SDK) of the Unigine game engine returned to the register of Russian software almost two months after its exclusion from it.

Registry entry No. 22252 of 17.04.2024 was made on the basis of an order from the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, the register's website says.

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As reported in the Unigine Telegram channel, the company has made changes to its game engine in accordance with the changed requirements of the register of domestic software (first of all, an interface in Russian has been added). The application has re-passed the full review cycle, including expert analysis - and as a result, the software is again included in the register, Unigine said.

According to the developers, the localization of the interface (SDK browser and editor) will appear in the product version No. 2.18.1, which will be available in April 2024. English, Russian and Chinese will be available.

Unigine is the only game engine included in the register of domestic software (by April 18, 2024). This product is positioned by developers as an engine for simulators and digital twins in aviation and the oil and gas industry, is embedded in BIM design applications, Smart City systems, and is used to develop games and benchmarks (means of measuring computing power). Among the clients are the American New York Air Brake (manufacturer of train control systems), the Chinese GeoStar (developer of smart city solutions), the German Center for Aviation and Cosmonautics , etc.

As the head of the AV3.studio, Pavel Kudelin, told Kommersant, the presence of the engine in the register may be important for large corporations or companies with state participation that do not have the right or opportunity to resort to schemes for unauthorized use of software or limited in purchases of foreign software for security requirements.^[1]

Exclusion from the register of Russian software

On February 20, 2024, the last game engine, Unigine, developed by the company of the same name, was excluded from the register of Russian software. The reason is a "motivated appeal" indicating that the product does not comply with the established requirements.

Unigine has been removed from the registry. SDK The corresponding entry is excluded on the basis of an order Ministry of Digital Development according to the minutes of the meeting of the expert council. According to the newspaper "," Kommersant the decision is related to the provisions in licensing agreements on compliance with international restrictions. The copyright holder of the Unigine SDK Russia in is LLC "," Unijain which is 100% owned by Unigine Holding, a Luxembourg-based company.

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The Unigine website states that developers using the engine's SDK must comply with "all national and international laws," including restrictions established "in the EU and other countries and regions." At the same time, the rules of the register of Russian software imply that restrictions "established including by foreign states" should not be imposed on the distribution of software.

The founder and CEO of Unigine Denis Shergin said that as of the end of February 2024, the company is engaged in updating documentation. After making the necessary changes, she expects to return to the register of domestic software.

We were notified of the change in the questionnaire on January 23, asked to fill in the information according to the new format. Clarifying documents were sent, but we were temporarily removed from the register, citing another technical requirement that did not exist before, says Shergin.

It is noted that Unigine is positioned primarily as a solution for industry and simulators. Among the key areas of application are: safe training in driving all types of transport, training of emergency response services, 3D visualization of complex projects in real time, virtual study of hard-to-reach places, etc.^[2]

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