I𝔉n the most recent edition of the Official PlayStation Magazine UK, Epic꧅ Games' Chief Technology Officer, Kim Liberi, stated that next-generation consoles will sport "movie-quality" CG thanks, in part, to Unreal Engine 5.
Unreal Engine 5 will have the power of processing art that looks straight out of a feature film. The technology will also be able to scale everything in real time with no loss of quality. This was put on display during the Unreal Engine 5 reveal event in which Epic partnered with Sony and showed off a demo running on the PlayStation 5.
“It has been a lifelong dream of m🤪ine that real-time computer graphics, and in particular games, can be as believable and realistic as a movie,” Liberi said. “Next-gen graphics and processing power will not only make games more immersive, but will also enable entirely new gameplay concepts that can take advantage of fully dynamic environments and lighting, much-improved physics, smarter AI, and richer multiplayer experiences.”
Liberi said that Unreal Engine 5 will also have more efficient workflows and higher quality results thanks to Nanite, their asset-scaling technology. This will help the technology have a wider appeal with more than just video game developers. The most recent example of this would be Epic Games' involvement in the Disney Plus original series, The Mandalorian.
“For many years, the movie industry has been experimenting with Unreal Engine for previsualization and cinematic shot design," Liberi said. "And then last year Jon Favreau and LucasFilm made the leap to use Unreal to generate final pixels for in-camera visual effects on The Mandalorian."
During production of the acclaimed series,ꦚ Unreal Engine was running on four synchronized PCs and could animate LED walls in real time. Unreal operators cou💯ld also change the virtual scene, effects on the walls, and lighting simultaneously.
It's clear that Unreal Engine 5 will allow developers to take their art where it's never been before. With what's been seen through tech demos and on The Mandalorian, the visuals are something to behold and with more developers getting their hands on it, it's very exciting to see how realistic game graphics can and will﷽ be.
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