Epic Games revealed its vision during its State of Unreal keynote at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC). The developer plans to create a ‘connected, open ecosystem and economy’ for metaverse worldbuilders. First, Epic Games announced Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), which allows developers to create and publish experiences directly to Fortnite’s 500+ million player accounts. The editor supports Verse, a programming language aimed at coding the metaverse. Other key features include Niagara, Sequencer, Control Rig and custom assets and audio. Epic Games is launching UEFN alongside Creator Economy 2.0, a new way for Fortnite creators to earn money based on player engagement. It’s also launching Fab – a unified digital marketplace which combines Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab, Quixel Bridge and the ArtStation Marketplace. Perhaps most excitingly, Epic Games is launching MetaHuman Animator, enabling creators to design photorealistic digital humans with believable facial performances. This tool will be accessible to developers, studios, filmmakers, hobbyists and the like, regardless of their animation experience. It simply requires a camera to capture detail, which is then transferred onto any MetaHuman. Epic Games is also releasing Unreal Engine Version 5.2, an update that introduces new features and optimises existing ones. Watch this space. DIGITAL HUMANS
UNREAL EDITOR Developers will eventually be able to create and publish experiences directly to Fortnite users’ accounts
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