Simulation
Spring Creator Sale 2024: Up to 70% off over 25,000 productsSpring has sprung, and that means it’s time for the Spring Creator Sale 2024. Get up to 70% off thousands of products from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, ArtStation, and Sketchfab until April 18.
Welcome to the new Unreal Engine websiteIt’s a new design, and a lot more. Learn about the changes we’ve made to put our community’s needs at the center of our web experience.
Meet the Unreal Engine Simulation Team at I/ITSEC 2023Don’t miss live demonstrations of Unreal Engine-powered simulation solutions, insightful presentations from our partners in the industry, and an informative panel on standards. Find out more and book your meeting with us today.
Unreal Fest 2023 livestream recordings now available!That's a wrap! This year's Unreal Fest was bigger and better than ever, featuring 200 new sessions over three packed days. We'll be making recordings of all the sessions available in the coming weeks and months; meanwhile, you can view the 40 we livestreamed here.
Behind the scenes on Blue Dot: MetaHuman Animator brings stunning fidelity to cinematicsThe film shows how MetaHuman Animator unlocks the ability for teams to create cinematics of stunning fidelity and resonance by using a creative on-set process typical of traditional filmmaking to direct and capture a performance.
Unreal Engine 5.3 is now available!This release brings numerous wide-ranging improvements, together with some exciting new Experimental features, as we continue to expand UE5’s functionality and potential for game developers and creators across industries. Find out what’s new.
Delivering high-quality facial animation in minutes, MetaHuman Animator is now available!Capture a facial performance for your digital human using just an iPhone and a PC and turn it into facial animation for your MetaHuman in minutes. Fast, easy, and cost-effective, MetaHuman Animator unlocks facial performance capture for all creators.
Unreal Engine 5.2 brings native support for Apple Silicon and other developments for macOSStarting with Unreal Engine 5.2, the Unreal Editor for macOS is built and distributed as a universal binary, providing native support for past-generation Intel-based and current-generation Apple Silicon-based Macs in a single package. This tech blog will explain what that means for you.
Unreal Engine 5.2 is now available!This release further expands UE5's groundbreaking toolset as it continues to deliver on the promise of making Unreal Engine the most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool in the world. Find out what’s new.
Unreal Fest 2023 announced—speaker submissions now open!Unreal Fest returns to New Orleans from October 3 to 5, 2023! We’re looking for speakers to showcase the inspirational work they’re doing using Unreal Engine or other Epic tools. If you’ve got something to share with the community, we want to hear from you.
Unreal Editor for Fortnite is now available in Public Beta!Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) combines the power of Unreal Engine with the scale of Fortnite. Use development tools to build games and experiences that can be unlike anything seen in Fortnite so far and publish for millions of players to enjoy.
New MetaHuman Animator feature set to bring easy high-fidelity performance capture to MetaHumansDo you love the visual fidelity of MetaHumans but find it hard to make their facial animation equally believable? A new MetaHuman feature set will soon change all that. And you may already have the hardware you need in your pocket.
Real Virtual Beauty Training: diverse and authentic character designLearn how to create authentic characters for your game in this new course that focuses on self-expression, storytelling, and understanding character design principles.
Park Beyond is a theme park sim that allows its players to create impossible experiencesTechnical Director at Limbic Entertainment Mohamed Hafez talks about Park Beyond’s approach to landscape generation, discusses how the game’s NPCs work, and explains how Unreal Engine helps the team assemble large scenes.
Unreal Fest 2022 content for simulation now available on demandThis year’s Unreal Fest event included a special track for the simulation industry, featuring inspirational speakers from NASA, dSPACE, Maxar, blackshark.ai, Cesium, Esri, Red 6, Metatexel, and CAE. If you weren’t able to attend in person, you can review those sessions here.
Epic MegaGrants: 2022 UpdateWe’ve assembled some of the most impressive 2022 MegaGrants projects for you to check out. Social good games, Smart MetaHumans, digital twins—see why MegaGrants recipients are stunning market after market with their fresh takes on real-time tech.
RealityScan is now free to download on iOSRealityScan is a free-to-download 3D scanning app for mobile devices that turns photographed objects into high-fidelity 3D models. Once you’re done, export to Sketchfab and share your creation with the world.
New MetaHuman release brings easier sharing and DNA calibrationThe latest MetaHuman release includes the ability to more easily share, collaborate, and iterate on characters, together with a new resource that enables you to edit various aspects of the MetaHuman DNA file for customization and/or pipeline integration.
Online course: MetaHuman facial animation with Faceware Analyzer and RetargeterReady to unlock the secrets to animating realistic facial performances? Learn how to create real-time facial animation for your MetaHumans with Faceware Analyzer and Retargeter! Start these two partnered courses today.
Lockheed Martin engages Unreal Engine for aerospace simulation R&DLockheed Martin has a long history of innovation, so it’s not surprising that they’re using Unreal Engine to develop aerospace simulation training. Find out how the engine’s visual quality, interoperability, scalability, and vast talent pool is helping them achieve their goals for next-gen simulation.
CAE pivots to Unreal Engine for next-gen flight simulatorsAviation 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.