Epic made a Rivian R1T demo to show off its latest Unreal Engine 5 tools

In 2020, Epic Games publicly for the primary time. Nearly three years later, players are nonetheless ready for the tech to go mainstream. Outside of and , there aren’t any UE5 video games you may play proper now, and the primary salvo most likely gained’t arrive till the top of the yr on the earliest. None of that stopped Epic from showcasing the engine’s latest capabilities with a handful of recent demos throughout its current at GDC 2023.

Arguably probably the most spectacular one noticed Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 developer Ninja Theory show off Epic’s new . The software guarantees to make practical facial seize accessible to indie builders by permitting them to use an iPhone, as a substitute of devoted tools, to seize facial performances. As you may see from the 2 demos Epic shared, the software makes it attainable to rapidly and precisely rework a closeup video of an actor into one thing a studio can use in-game. Epic mentioned the animator would launch this summer time.

Separately, Epic confirmed off a few of the enhancements coming to Unreal Engine 5.2 with a demo that featured, of all issues, a digital recreation of electrical truck. The EV turned out to be the right showcase for UE 5’s new Substrate shading system. The know-how permits artists to create totally different shading fashions and layer them as they see match. In the demo, Epic gave the R1T an opal physique to show how Substrate can enable totally different materials layers to work together with each other with out creating lighting artifacts. The demo was additionally a showcase for Epic’s new set of Procedural Content Generation tools. They enable artists to create expansive, extremely detailed ranges from a small set of hand-crafted property.

If all goes in accordance to plan, it gained’t be for much longer earlier than the primary slate of Unreal Engine 5 video games arrive. Provided it’s not delayed once more,  is slated to launch this yr. Lords of the Fallen and , two different UE5 initiatives, don’t have a launch date but however have been in improvement for a few years now.