An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. Oculus released controllerless hand-tracking on Oculus Quest as a ...

Unreal Engine is a robust platform that supports the development of highly immersive virtual reality (VR) projects, particularly in gaming. Developed by Epic Games, Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is the fourth ...

Epic Games has been teasing "the future of VR development" recently, and the team is finally ready to tell everyone what that is: Creating virtual reality content within virtual reality itself, using ...

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While VR is still a new medium, its rules yet to be solidified, there's an awful lot of received wisdom in developer talks and on design forums that boils down to this: keep it small. Overscoping is a ...

This week Epic Games released the latest version of its next-gen game engine, Unreal Engine 5. Though the new version brings improvements in many areas, its most notable features are Lumen (global ...

In terms of processing power and user experience, a virtual reality (VR) system falls into three types: premium, mainstream, and entry-level. Premium VR represents high-end VR and includes products on ...

There's only so much of reality a game can simulate before you start bumping into practical concerns. If you didn't have a UI readout to tell you how much ammo you have left, for example, you're ...

Epic Games is a big proponent of VR, led by its Unreal Engine and the integrated resources it provides to developers. These tools are designed to be compatible with most existing virtual reality ...

Epic Games and Unity Technologies are in a battle for the hearts and minds of game developers. At a time when game budgets are soaring — even for mobile titles — developers rely on the engine makers ...