Find out how a partnership between Oakland University, the College for Creative Studies, and a coalition of industry players led to the creation of a new initiative that introduces students to cutting-edge AR technology.
VR, TV shows, Tik Tok vlogs, video games—The Green Fairy does it all. In this video spotlight, MegaGrant recipient CONICAL shows us just how far you can take a good idea if you’re having fun and staying creative.
How do you teach the world to use the same immersive storytelling tools that have fascinated you for years? GRX Immersive Labs has created an XR storytelling platform that teaches Unreal Engine, virtual reality, and virtual production to creators of all backgrounds.
Aviation training giant CAE constantly strives for better image quality and development efficiency. By moving from proprietary systems to Unreal Engine, CAE is able to leverage the engine’s superior graphics, as well as industry standards and commercial hardware, to meet its production goals.
Aerospace giant Safran requires immersive and effective training and design tools for its nearly 80,000 employees globally. With VR-based solutions developed by SkyReal on Unreal Engine, the group is seeing not only cost savings and efficiencies, but also better design processes.
Wingsuit BASE jumping is a highly dangerous sport. Find out how photogrammetry tool RealityCapture and Unreal Engine 5 were used to create an immersive wingsuit simulator that offers all of the excitement of the real thing—and none of the risk.
How did Bastille follow up a chart-topping album? With an interactive VR performance that takes fans directly into Give Me The Future’s philosophical world. Find out how the WPP agency helped them build it with virtual production and Unreal Engine.
More and more companies in the architecture and real-estate space are turning to real-time technology to help them sell the latest high-end developments, before construction begins.
By replacing their existing user research process with a VR-based one, SUBARU has reduced costs and time in design development. But more than this, they’ve discovered a way to understand user preferences far more accurately than possible using conventional methods.
Bad lighting can completely change the way we interact with our environment, and can even affect our mental and physical health. Luckily, Muhammad Hegazy, architect and researcher at Osaka University, has a solution.
What’s blue and lives in Xanadu? Cory Strassburger’s alter ego, Blu! Blu is busy building his empire in the Metaverse and documenting the process on YouTube, thanks to Unreal Engine, MetaHuman Creator, some amazing performance capture tech, and Cory’s very, very vivid imagination.
Defense company Meta Aerospace is reinventing the way military simulators are developed, with plug-and-play simulation solutions that utilize the logic, programming, and physics built into Unreal Engine. Try out their low-cost, low-footprint, military-grade solution for pilot training at I/ITSEC 2021.
CAD Center is dedicated to developing interactive content and simulators for urban digital twins and smart cities in Japan. Find out how they leverage the power and simplicity of Twinmotion and Unreal Engine to create and visualize vast data sets.
Leading architecture firm, HOK, is using a series of brick-to-beam VR walkthroughs and historical asset management to help the Canadian government visualize, capture, and manage its renovation of an architectural treasure—preserving it for future generations.
Prepare yourself for the most photorealistic pop performance yet. Using virtual production and digital human tech, Madison Beer, Sony Music and Magnopus have set a new bar for virtual concerts, thrilling fans who had no choice but to stay at home.
When pandemic restrictions forced a planned exhibition to go digital, Kengo Kuma and Associates, along with game dev company historia, rose to the occasion with “Multiplication,” a physically impossible, interactive architectural visualization that anyone can experience online.
One teacher’s love of real-time technology has become a fountain of inspiration for his high school students, who are now building games, exploring virtual production, and creating VR pinball machines in Unreal Engine.
A bold pitch to NASA has resulted in the most immersive space project ever created. For the first time, anyone can board the International Space Station (and even walk in space) with the help of VR and a breathtaking new exhibit.
When EDAG needed a way to reach a wider audience with its next-generation autonomous vehicle, it built a virtual showroom in Unreal Engine that could be used both to showcase the concept to prospective clients and to create a wealth of marketing videos and imagery.
Geoscientist Blase LaSala climbs into caves, scans their formations, and turns the data into real-time presentations so everyone can experience these natural wonders. Find out how a job of “crawling around in mud” and turned into a career as an Unreal Engine creator.
From driving simulators for more accurate design review to high-fidelity visualizations that help clients better understand proposed works, real-time tools are transforming traditional workflows on infrastructure projects at Arup.
The visionary director teamed up with Director and Executive Producer Jake Rowell and Executive Producer Neville Spiteri—who’d previously worked together on the award-winning VR ocean experience theBlu at Wevr—to produce an experimental fantasy adventure VR game with character connections at its core.
Military training needs to be accurate, safe, and effective. Find out how SimCentric uses Unreal Engine to quickly generate robust, cost-effective virtual training for clients around the globe.
From AI parking systems to advanced features for timber truck drivers, GEISTT AB is helping Scania test out HMI prototypes in real-time simulations for its existing and new generation of heavy vehicles.
High-end automotive maker the BMW Group now has a single real-time platform connecting departments throughout its business, from design to manufacturing to sales. The results are faster design iterations, better-informed planning decisions—and a more compelling sales pitch.
Virtual reality can greatly reduce the cost of training on new defense systems. Torch Technologies, a longtime DoD contractor, built a core system based on Unreal Engine, one that can adapt to virtually any field from military simulation to medical training.
Many major corporations mandate gender/race bias training. But how well does it work? VR Perspectives specializes in immersive VR experiences that put leaders in other people’s shoes, giving them the opportunity to see and feel bias from a variety of angles.
To prepare students for real-world jobs, The DAVE school operates like a real studio environment. Using Unreal Engine, students of both visual effects and game development follow industry-based pipelines for virtual production.
When the Royal Horticultural Society wanted to see its £30 million Bridgewater Garden project ahead of delivery, it called upon the University of Salford’s THINKlab to create an immersive VR experience in Twinmotion.
After leveraging Unreal Engine across the architectural lifecycle to prove ideas, review projects with clients, deliver multi-format marketing materials, and walk stakeholders through designs in VR, AHMM reports significant return on investment.
When Professor of Architecture David Beach introduced Twinmotion to his classes, his students gained a creative sandbox—finding new ways to explore, evolve, and present their designs, and increasing their attractiveness to potential employers in the process.
Virtual reality gives surgeons the opportunity to train for every possible scenario. Find out how Precision OS’s virtual reality solution is changing the face of medical education through faster, more effective, more portable training.
Real-time technology is transforming the traditional process of ergonomics testing in the automotive industry. Find out how Toyota is harnessing the power of Unreal Engine to validate designs faster and at lower cost.
Visualization studio Zoan leverages real-time tools to create everything from a digital 3D replica of Helsinki to augmented reality experiences for live entertainment.
Since making a mistake in the operating theater could have significantly grave consequences, ensuring that orthopedic surgeons get to practice on virtual patients before they operate on real ones makes a lot of sense!
Large-scale design can quickly get messy, with expensive prototypes that don’t always point up flaws. With Unreal Engine-based SkyReal Suite, engineers can test before they build, reducing errors and time to market by up to 30%.
Twinmotion to provide compelling VR experiences that speed up the review process and help identify improvements to designs that could have gone unnoticed in 2D renders.
Cornell University is working with Kohn Pedersen Fox, FXCollaborative, Esri, and Epic Games to develop a new collaborative real-time design solution that will change the way the next generation of architects and designers approach urban design and planning.
Digital platform TwinSite is a virtual interactive world set in and around construction sites. Providing immersive VR and display-based training, it’s estimated to be up to four times more cost efficient than traditional offsite training.
From testing, simulation, and validation in the design and engineering stages to VR showrooms and online car configurators, the automotive industry’s data model of the future is set to stay contained within a game engine—and be fully open.
Air Canada used to rely on transporting a physical airplane seat to trade shows to demonstrate its business class service. Now it’s harnessing the power of interactive visualizations built in Unreal Engine to create a cost-effective VR marketing experience.
To reduce costs, remove risks, and speed up training, the military is looking at innovative uses for VR. Find out how HTX Labs is moving along these initiatives in the Air Force and other industries.
From de-escalation to fast tactical response, police officers need to train for a variety of sensitive scenarios. V-Armed specializes in creating customizable, repeatable, and reviewable VR training that makes officers feel as though they’re really there.
Daimler creates a multi-user, online environment for engineers, providing virtual reality walkthroughs and real-time 3D visualizations that slash development time and costs.
Homebuyers looking to buy off the plan from real-estate developer DevelopWise can now explore a complete digital 3D model of unbuilt apartments in real time, thanks to an innovative touch screen and VR display suite created by archviz studio Buildmedia.
When Alex Nice was tasked with helping develop the look and feel for a complex film set on John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, he turned to immersive real-time technology to help everyone from the director to the stunt team understand the design.