Unreal Engine 5 brings fresh eye candy and patchable MetaSounds DSP

It makes beautiful, realistic… canyons. It makes games. It does incredible things with light. And oh yeah – surprise. This game engine also boasts a powerful, patchable DSP sound engine inside, blurring the line between game, graphics, and audio tool. It’s all positively Unreal. Um, 5. Early Access.

Surprise – NVIDIA’s AI and graphics news today for big industry is relevant to artists, too

Even as NVIDIA has a keynote with simulated robots making the rounds of a BMW factory, some of the GPU giant’s latest brings industry- and enterprise-grade tools to artists, too. That also could prove relevant as the pandemic has folks looking for work.

Peter Kirn - April 12, 2021

Watch Unreal Engine make low-latency visualizations, thanks to Arthur Barthur

At the meeting point of physics simulation, 3D visualization, and modular audio inside Unreal Engine, there’s Arthurs Audio BPs. And they just keep getting better – not just doing interesting visual stuff with sound, but making it low-latency.

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2021

Procedural visuals for everybody: Houdini is now free for Unreal and Unity

Peter Kirn - February 25, 2021

Unreal game engine’s modular sound features explained: video

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018

UnReaL, Born in Flamez: music from a trans-human future

Zuzana Friday Prikrylova - February 24, 2016

Unreal Engine 3, Now Free for Non-Commercial Use: Go 3D Eye Candy!

Peter Kirn - November 9, 2009

More Unreal “Game” Performances

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2005

Unreal Tournament as Music Environment

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2005

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