The Unreal Engine 5.3 game engine continues to demonstrate its full, remarkable potential by powering some pretty crazy creations. Recently, a desert landscape worthy of Dune, aptly named Dune Desert Landscape – Stone Pit, was highlighted in a video released online. Obviously arousing admiration and astonishment. It still makes us completely dream about what games have in store for the future.
Unreal Engine 5 throws it heavy
As wccftech reports, this landscape, the work of MAWI United, a team already known for its impressive achievements using the latest version of Epic’s game engine, exploits the Lumen and Nanite features. It presents a map extended over 400 km². Featuring some of the most realistic sand movement rendering ever created with Unreal Engine 5.
Unreal Engine version 5.3, released in September 2023, introduced significant improvements over its predecessors, including in the areas of basic rendering, development iteration, and virtual production toolsets. This update brings new experimental features in rendering, animation and simulation. Including cinema-quality volumetric rendering and more.
Many games are planned to use the engine in the coming years. Like the next Tomb Raider, the remake of The Witcher or even simply STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl which is due to be released on September 5, 2024. If this does not guarantee that the titles will be as beautiful as the demo above, it is still a good sign regarding their potential beauties.
Now imagine a Star Wars (or Dune) game with a desert of this quality. Enough to make Tatooine more beautiful than ever. It’s simply stunning, even if it’s a little less impressive than the demos in forest environments.