This also means that features such as individual trees boast around 300,000 polygons, while each stone flower and blade of grass is individually modelled. With Virtual Shadow Maps, objects such as ...

Unreal Engine 5.1 is here! Explore the latest updates to Lumen and Nanite, enhanced world building tools, and improvements to virtual production workflows.

The developers also utilized Unreal Engine 5.1's Virtual Shadow Maps to give shadowing more detail. As with Nanite and Lumen, shadow maps affect all individual models in the game.

The Coalition during the event released a video for its Unreal Engine 5 "The Cavern" test demo that features tens of millions of polygons rendered in real-time, which is a 100 times jump in ...

Fortnite PS5 graphics have received a major upgrade with next-gen Unreal Engine 5 features as part of Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 4. New features include Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, and ...

Virtual Shadow Maps also debuted as part of the new visual upgrade and reflect on the highly detailed shadowing of Fortnite. Alongside each object being rendered by thousands of polygons, every ...

Feature updates in 5.1 include improvements to the Lumen lighting system, the nanite materials system, and shadow mapping. Additionally, cinematographers can now leverage Virtual Production and ...

We’ve all seen the impressive Unreal 5 engine in action and with the 5.1 update, Epic Games have added a bunch of new features for developers to tinker around with.