Learning unity to make page curl effect

Hello everybody! i’m a 16 year old programmer looking to implement the page curl effect into an android application.

I wanted to created my own and unique curl effect so i started learning OpenGl ES. But as i found out it’s really hard to implement and requires a lot of maths and graphics also it’s like building an engine.
So i searched the internet then i found Unity engine. So i want to ask, is unity engine a good start for my application? should i use it or not to achieve this simple animation? Also what’s better, using adobe air built in effect or unity ??

PLEASE NOTE THAT I WANT TO MAKE THE EFFECT LIGHT BECAUSE IT’S A SMALL PART OF MY APPLICATION

THANKS!

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/40703-Page-Curl

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