{"id":11841,"date":"2022-04-22T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T05:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=11841"},"modified":"2022-04-22T14:03:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T05:03:04","slug":"20220422-11841","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220422-11841\/","title":{"rendered":"The Matrix city demo made in UE5 has become a playground for creators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by. Nick Mosier based on the original Japanese article<\/a> (original article’s publication date: 2022-04-21 19:26 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Unreal Engine is used not only for games, but at all sorts of places that produce computer graphics. And UE5 is bringing forth a new generation with features like its virtualized geometry system called \u201cNanite\u201d that renders highly detailed assets quickly and the \u201cLumen\u201d illumination and reflection system. At the end of last year, a Matrix-themed tech demo was released called The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience<\/em> which recreated a city in stunning detail and could be experienced on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the assets from that demo have now been made available for free to the public as the City Sample<\/strong><\/em> project. In addition to Nanite and Lumen, it\u2019s packed with all sorts of new UE5 technology and has become a virtual playground for creators to freely experiment with the engine. The source code for the project even includes an entire traffic system, surprising some users<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One example of City Sample<\/em> being used by creators is the Rush Hour<\/em> image collection from Petri Lev\u00e4lahti, a senior screenshot capture artist at EA\/DICE. These images crank up the amount of traffic in the city and show it off from a variety of angles. Like blood flowing through an artery, it looks like images of a real traffic jam. The artistic screen captures can be found on Lev\u00e4lahti\u2019s site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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