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Facial mocap comes to Unreal Engine via new iPhone app
See how ‘The Mandalorian’ used Unreal Engine for its real-time digital sets
It's not surprising that a VFX-heavy show like The Mandalorian uses digital sets, even though it also relies heavily on practical, in-camera effects. What's more unexpected, however, is that the actors were able to see and perform within those sets r...
Fortnite Chapter 2’s next season will start on February 20th
Epic Games has at last set a start date for Fortnite's next season. It's scheduled for February 20th, more than four months after Chapter 2 started, which makes the current season by far the longest in the battle royale's history.
Epic makes 10,000 lifelike photogrammetry assets free for Unreal Engine
Epic Games has acquired a company called Quixel, a tools and services provider for graphic artists, which also created what it says is the "world's largest photogrammetry asset library." Quixel is known for Megascans, an enormous library with over 10...
Epic Games will receive a BAFTA Special Award next month
Epic Games will add another award to its trophy cabinet next month, when it picks up a BAFTA Special Award for its contribution to game development. Not only has the company created several hits of its own, including the all-conquering Fortnite, but...
Epic Games has 250 million ‘Fortnite’ players and a lot of plans
When Tim Sweeney built ZZT in 1991, he didn't know how to program graphics. Instead of coding actual characters and objects into his game, he used text symbols, and the main character was simply a smiley face trailing across the screen.
"That includ...
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Unreal Engine 4 Augmented Reality Plugin: Unreal4AR
Epic’s Unreal Engine is mainly used to create video games, but now it can also be used to create augmented reality apps, thanks to Adam Horvath and his plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
Adam’s Unreal4AR is based on the open source augmented reality SDK ARToolKit. It works with Windows, OS X, iOS and Android devices. It uses markers like most AR apps but it also supports Natural Feature Tracking (NFT), which means any image can be turned into a marker. Imagine making card art come alive, or hiding the marker within the display surface’s design. The video below shows the Unreal Engine tutorial cinematic Matinee playing on a desk:
Here’s another example, a color preview app for a motorcycle:
Here’s the NFT support at work:
Its responsiveness is almost too good to be true. You can buy Unreal4AR for $99 to $249(USD), but you can also download its demo for free. Check out Adam’s post in the Unreal Engine forum for more on the plugin.
[via Gadgetify]
Super Mario 64 Running in Unreal Engine Truly is Unreal
3D artist Aryok Pinera posted this video of Super Mario 64 using the Unreal Engine. Basically it is the Super Mario game that you love, but in hyper-real environments. I guess that means Yoshi is gonna be very frightening.
What’s interesting about this is peoples’ mixed reactions. I thought everyone would love this, surely. Nope. Some people don’t like Mario in a realistic setting. Most of the environments you see here are from the Unreal Engine marketplace, just to show what can be done until the team creates their own levels. Mario’s animations were built from scratch too.
Personally, I would love to play a Mario game in a realistic environment, but I guess it isn’t for everyone. Check it out for yourself. Looks like fun to me.
[via Nerd Approved]