Unreal Engine 5.7: Billions Of Triangles, In Real Time

Unreal Engine 5.7 is officially released, offering a comprehensive solution for creating animations, virtual characters, video games, and movies. The video discusses three incredible features of Unreal Engine 5.7.

Unreal Engine 5.7 can run a light simulation with millions of light rays, allowing for realistic rendering. The engine supports setting up imaginary objects with diverse material properties, making it ideal for creating vivid visual effects.

Substrate in Unreal Engine 5.7 enables defining object cores and material properties like metal, enhancing the realism of virtual objects. Substrate is now production-ready and offers advanced material customization for users.

The introduction of Nanite Foliage in Unreal Engine 5.7 allows the rendering of intricate foliage and vegetation with varying levels of detail. This feature enhances scene complexity while optimizing performance by dynamically adjusting detail levels based on proximity.

MegaLights in Unreal Engine 5.7 provides a real-time shadow rendering system with proper soft shadows and intricate detailing, including shadowing on hair. This system offers improved visual quality, performance, and noise reduction in shadow rendering.

Unreal Engine 5.7 introduces improvements to Metahuman, a realistic person creator, including features like Metahuman Animator for scanning and virtual representation. Live Link Face enables facial capture and realistic animations, enhancing user experience.