State of Unreal | GDC 2023 | Epic Games

Find out about Epic’s long-term vision for the future, including how we’re laying the foundations for a huge, open ecosystem and economy for all creators. We dive into Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), Fab, Unreal Engine 5.2, MetaHuman Animator, the Creator Economy 2.0—and showcase some amazing work by our partners. Watch now and discover how everything Epic has been building for the past 30 years fits together into a single strategy to build a democratized open metaverse. 00:00 Introduction 01:25 Epic ecosystem: An overview of the creator ecosystem we’ve been building for the past few years 04:50 Electric Dreams demo: Offroading a Rivian R1T in a photoreal jungle environment created using 5.2 features 12:07 Fortnite Chapter 4: Upgrading ‘Fortnite’ with Lumen, Nanite, and other UE5 tech. 19:00 Cubit Studios: Bringing the lush environments of ‘Infinitesimals’ to life. 22:05 Kabam: Using UE5 on cross-platform squad RPG ‘King Arthur: Legends Rise’. 24:20 Hexworks: Diving under the hood of upcoming action-RPG ‘Lords of the Fallen’. 29:00 NCSOFT: Combining UE5 and AI on interactive narrative game ‘Project M’. 34:00 MetaHuman Animator: Introducing the new feature set for MetaHuman. 43:15 Fab: Building a unified 3D marketplace. 48:40 UEFN: Exploring Unreal Editor for Fortnite. 1:01:07 Creator Economy 2.0: What is it and how does it work? 1:04:45 The future: To the metaverse! #GDC2023 #StateofUnreal #EpicGames #UnrealEngine5 #UE5.2 #MetaHumanAnimator #UEFN #Fab #EpicGamesStore #CreatorEconomy2.0 #GameDevelopment #ElectricDreams #Metaverse #UnrealEditorForFortnite #CubicStudios #Kabam #Hexworks #NCSoft #Fortnite #Infinitesimals #KingArthurLegendsRise #LordOfTheFallen #ProjectM #Lumen #Nanite #Substrate