Epic Games has showcased its latest achievement in full bloom at the annual GDC also known as the Gaming Developer Conference – the Unreal Engine 5. How gaming could look from now on is shown in 4 videos.
What was presented? The Gaming Developer Conference, short GDC, is an annual event in San Francisco where many renowned video game developers meet to present innovations.
Epic Games, known for their Unreal Engine, were also present and introduced their fifth generation of the developer program accordingly. How breathtaking gaming can become in the future is shown in the following clips from GDC.
How realistic and stunning Unreal Engine 5 is
How realistically faces are animated: To illustrate how drastically the latest Unreal Engine can change gaming, Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2 shows a short excerpt from a scene in the game. Here, the protagonist Senua is shown speaking to the camera.
Detailed animations of the character’s facial expressions and emotions can be seen, as well as graphical details on the face, such as the dirt that appears in one moment and disappears in another.
Realistic lighting and new animation possibilities: Also Lords of the Fallen was present. In their Technical Showcase, however, the focus was more on realistic lighting and creating suitable immersion.
Additionally, thanks to UE5, new mechanics can also be implemented, such as the dimensions of the living and the dead, which can be entered in Lords of the Fallen.
Sizes and dimensions can be realized more easily: Infinitesimals, a game by Cubit Studios (via twitter.com), is developing a game in which you must survive as a kind of insect in a giant world. Here, the developers initially worked with UE4, but transitioning to UE5 made designing their world easier for them.
Worlds can be realized more easily and better, plus UE5 supports the design of novel movement patterns, which leads to enemies or movements of the protagonist being created even more realistically.
Driving has never been so realistic in games: Finally, developers presented a demo where a vehicle was driven through forests. It showcased how realistically the vehicle reacts to its environment.
Stones that are run over give feedback and cause your axles to move. The car shakes on uneven terrain and simulates a real ride on forest ground. Water that is crossed adapts to the tires and creates waves.
Unreal Engine 5 proves not only in its demos but also now in Fortnite how fantastic gaming can look when developers work with this program. It remains to be seen which developers will take hold of the tool and what cool and breathtaking ideas will emerge from it.
What do you think about Unreal Engine 5? Do you believe this is the future of gaming? Feel free to share your opinions in the comments!
