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And then, a few years later, along come new consoles with new graphics that somehow look even more real than before.

From the photo-realistic cliffs to the sweeping, cinematic lighting, it makes the PS4s graphics look positively prehistoric.

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Im literally speechless, one user comments, This looks so real it could be a movie.

Rather than an upcoming game, the demo (catchily titled Lumen in the Land of Nanite) was created specifically to show off Epics new engine, which will eventually become publicly available for developers to use to create incredible 3D worlds.

But if theres one takeaway word from the demo, rather than incredible, it appears to be triangles.

According to Epic, the new engine allows developers to render 3D objects with literally billions of said triangles, and create as much geometric detail as the eye can see.

Epic calls these triangles Nanites, while its new, reactive lighting system is called Lumen.

So thats why the demo is called Lumen in the Land of Nanite).

Unreal Engine 5 gonna have so many triangles we can finally render the perfect Toblerone.

May 13, 2020 See more Nanites will mean that 3D artists can import film-quality source art directly into the engine, without worrying about restrictions such as polygon count budgets.

And Lumen technology means lighting inside the Unreal Editor looks the same as it will on the console, erasing the need to wait for lightmap bakes to finish and to author light map UVs, offering a massive time saving.

All in all, the new engine represents a quantum leap for 3D artists and game developers as well as gamers.

And the good news doesnt end there not only is Epic working on forward compatibility (so work created on UE4 can jump to UE5 when its available), but its also waiving royalties on the first 1 million of in game revenue for developers.

The only bad news is that the Unreal 5 engine wont be with developers until late 2021.

Until then, well be watching Lumen in the Land of Nanite on repeat because as far as were concerned, this is it, graphics cant possibly get any better than this.

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