article thumbnail

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

ARPost

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.

Unreal 405
article thumbnail

Dive Into a Hyper-Realistic Metaverse Built on Unreal Engine

ARPost

From Real to Unreal and Unreal to Real. ej Dobruský, Victoria VR blurs the line between the imaginary and real worlds by building its metaverse platform on Unreal Engine , the gaming engine of choice for most developers. Unreal Engine has the capability to render real-life photos into photorealistic graphical images.

Unreal 448
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Unreal Engine Gets OpenXR Improvements Just in Time for Oculus Development Shift

Road to VR

The latest version of Unreal Engine 4, version 4.27, brings “production-ready” support for OpenXR. You may recall news back in May that the early access version of Unreal Engine 5 includes improved support for OpenXR. That makes Unreal Engine 4.27 Epic says that the OpenXR support in Unreal Engine 4.27

Unreal 363
article thumbnail

Unreal Engine 5 Launches in Early Access with New VR Template Built on OpenXR

Road to VR

Epic Games today announced that Unreal Engine 5 is now available in early access, including a new template for VR projects built on OpenXR 1.0, the industry-backed standard for building device-agnostic VR and AR applications. The VR template in Unreal Engine 5 is designed as an ideal starting point for VR projects.

Unreal 359
article thumbnail

Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers 

XR Today - Virtual Reality

As Virtual Reality continues to gain traction in industries across the globe, innovators, designers, and developers are consistently looking for better ways to bring their immersive ideas to life. 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.

Unreal 147
article thumbnail

OpenXR 1.1 Update Shows Industry Consensus on Key Technical Features

Road to VR

evolves the standard by incorporating new functionality that was important to the industry but previously not standardized. The update shows the standard evolving as industry needs emerge, an outcome that’s part of the standard’s design. Image courtesy Khronos Group Following the OpenXR 1.0 “OpenXR 1.1

Industry 238
article thumbnail

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

Road to VR

At the outset the company is targeting the automotive industry, but plans to enable enterprises more broadly with support for Unity & Unreal Engine. At the outset, the service supports Autodesk VRED, an industry standard application for automotive design and visualization. Unity & Unreal On the Way.

Unreal 231