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ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment

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From real to unreal, from unreal to real. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine blurs the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine 5 is now enhanced with the dynamic global illumination power of Lumen.

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Unreal Engine is Now Royalty-free for the First $1 Million in Revenue

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The Unreal Engine 5 tech demo on PS5 wasn’t the only news Epic Games revealed today. Alongside the reveal of Unreal Engine 5, Epic Games today also announced a change to the pricing of Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine is also free for personal use, free projects, and linear content creation.

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Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo on PS5 Shows Where Next-gen Graphics are Headed

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Epic Games today revealed a PS5 tech demo built with Unreal Engine 5, the next-gen version of the company’s game engine. With new features for advanced lighting and unprecedented geometric detail, Unreal Engine 5 hopes to enable a generational leap in real-time graphics. While UE 4.25 Image courtesy Epic Games.

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Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers 

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Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Road to VR

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. While Unreal Engine is a popular game engine, the tool is also increasingly being used for things like architecture, visualization, training, planning, and even filmmaking. Image courtesy Theia Interactive.

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Varjo Launches Its XR Cloud Streaming Platform, Support for Unity & Unreal Planned

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At the outset the company is targeting the automotive industry, but plans to enable enterprises more broadly with support for Unity & Unreal Engine. This is achieved, the company claims, with a foveated compression algorithm that compresses the data at a 1,000:1 ratio. Unity & Unreal On the Way.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

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Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. BRUNNER Elektronik – Unreal Engine Integration for NOVASIM Flight Simulator. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31 XR projects.