Today, May 13, 2020, it is scheduled to meet at 5:00 p.m. with one of the most exciting announcements of all summer. The words were written by Geoff Keighley who raised hours of hype before the announcement. The announcement has really given us goosebumps, because Epic Games has shown its new engine Unreal Engine 5.
This new engine is designed to get the best performance from the new generation of consoles. In addition, it has new technologies, such as a new dynamic GI solution called Lumen.
Inreal Engine 5 and a first look at the new generation
Without a doubt, a great way to announce a new graphics engine is to show the demo. In this case Epic Games showed us the gameplay (it's not clear whether it's a game in development or a technical demo) that runs on the PS5. The result, as you can see below these lines, is surprisingly good, with quality levels and amazing visual quality. Without a doubt, the real jump is in comparison to what we see in the current generation of consoles.
Plus, we're left with a couplet that if it looks like this on the PS5, the level of this engine on the Xbox Series X, with 2-3 tflops of other power, would be quite different, up to that big jump that Phil was talking about Spencer a few weeks ago . In addition, it should be remembered that most of the games from Xbox Game Studios were developed under Unreal Engine, so we can expect Unreal Engine 5 to be the basis for the Xbox release, with attractive visual quality and better results. on the Xbox Series X.
This demo has been very useful to showcase two new features of Unreal Engine 5. One of them, already mentioned by Lumen, is the world's most fully functional light solution. With this, the light shines quickly on the changes of light and space.
The second is Nanite, a new micro-polygon geometry. This allows artists to create unique geometric shapes and details that have never been seen before. In addition, geometric objects of thousands or millions of polygons can be imported directly into a 5-break.
Inreal Engine 5 will be available in 2021 and will be supported by current consoles and a new generation of consoles, in addition to support for PC, Mac and iOS
