How Unreal Engine visualizes weather – and shows storm surge is serious

Storm surges—like those from Hurricane Milton, which will hit Florida tonight—can be devastating. But it took 3D xR visualization to translate what that means in real terms before it’s too late. Here’s how that technology has arrived in recent years in another job for Unreal Engine (a tool you can use for free).

A very Unreal Halloween: playable Theremin, scenes from cinema

People continue to do wild things with Unreal Engine and MetaSounds. Celebrate Halloween with an interactive Theremin deep dive tutorial, and some classic cinema scenes from Halloween and The Shining recreated as ambient environments.

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2023

Bandcamp layoffs reportedly cut deep into customer service

The other shoe has dropped: yesterday, following the sale of Bandcamp from Epic to Songtradr, around half of the company’s existing staff were laid off. That’s leading more folks to start talking about alternatives.

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2023

Bandcamp union describes workers locked out of systems, coming layoffs

Peter Kirn - October 5, 2023

Bandcamp workers won their union – and it could be a sign of things to come

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2023

Learn modular MetaSounds in Unreal, free, and start thinking in procedural sound

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2023

Unreal Engine 5.1 goes wild: what’s new from foliage to generated sound

Peter Kirn - November 24, 2022

Smode, the all-in-one live show visual designer, gets a big update, Unreal grant – in videos

Peter Kirn - October 3, 2022

Epic Games just bought Bandcamp – so what does that mean?

Peter Kirn - March 2, 2022

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