An impressive Unreal Engine 5 tech demo was showcased today in a new video, providing a new look at what will be possible to do with the latest version of the engine by Epic Games.
The Secluded Orchid tech demo was created by FYQD-Studio, the developer behind Bright Memory Infinite. Developed in roughly two hours, 5,000 8K resolution photos were used to create high-quality 3D models that were then ported into Unreal Engine 5. While the demo may look rough at times, especially the movement system, which was implemented from motion capture in only 20 minutes, the tech demo looks incredibly detailed and realistic, showing what developers can achieve even with limited development time.
Since its release, Unreal Engine 5 has been updated multiple times with new improvements and features. The engine's latest version, version 5.3, left preview access earlier this month, bringing enhancements to core rendering, developer iteration, and virtual production toolsets, experimental new rendering, animation, and simulation features, such as cinematic-quality volumetric rendering, orthographic rendering, a Skeletal Editor, panel-based Chaos Cloth, and support for SMPTE ST 2110.
Big AAA games taking full advantage of Unreal Engine 5 have yet to be released, but titles like Layers of Fear, Remnant II, and Immortals of Aveum provided a very good look at what can be created using the engine's features, although current gaming hardware may not yet be ready for it, as seen in the game developed by Ascendant Studios, which today received support for AMD FSR 3 to smooth out performance on every GPU.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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