Unreal Engine 5 Shows Us Future Of Gaming Graphics

Unreal Engine showcased what its newest gaming engine, Unreal Engine V, is capable of in a demo running on the upcoming PlayStation 5.

From the moment the demo began, you notice that this looks nothing like a game. In fact, it looks a lot more realistic, like a movie.

Unreal Engine is harnessing two new technologies -- Nanite, for generating crisp and detailed geometry, and Lumen which is a dynamic real-time illumination realistic lighting.

Nanite is essentially a virtualised micropolygon geometry that can easily import film-quality textures or source art for the game engine to scale in real-time.

This allows the game maker to use millions and billions of polygons for adding detail to objects. It is capable of using film-grade CGI assets to make objects look insanely real.

Take for example this statue, it comprises of over 33 million triangles to generate this detailed and life-like looking masterpiece.

UE5 is capable of making 500 of these in a single room, with billions of triangles of just the statues. Mind = blown!

Lumen makes light bounceback and reflection look more realistic. It dynamically reacts to surfaces, the way light travels in real life for amazing imagery.

Look at the way the shadows appear in spaces without light, inside this game frame -- it will change dynamically with UE5.

Even though this demo is on a PS5, Unreal Engine V isn¡¯t exclusive to it. UE5 will be used to make games on Xbox Series X, as well as PC, Mac.