You've surely heard about it, but what is Unreal Engine 5, exactly? In this Unreal Engine explainer, we'll answer exactly that and bring you up to speed with everything you need to know about the software and why it's coming to dominate in game design, VFX, virtual production, archviz and more.
In a nutshell, Unreal Engine is a real-time digital creation platform for making games, visualisations, VFX and more. The software is becoming increasingly popular for making video games, competing with Unity, but it's become a staple of many other types of digital art workflows too – and is still free for most people.
