Ultra Realistic Forest Biome - Unreal Engine 5 - RTX 3090 - 4K

[@mikerowave1986]

It is insane how much 3d graphics have developed, I followed the process of the evolution of 3d graphics in the last 25 years. I started gaming in the 90's on an Intel486 PC with 8bit games, I remember how 3d graphics looked like that time and it let your imagination to work a lot and fill the gaps of the rudimentary 3d graphics. As a kid I was wandering a lot in the nearby forest, and thinking about if a forest can be ever modeled in real time life like 3d, and I was like "eh, maybe for my grandkids, they'll have the supercomputers for that". And now, here we are with UE5, and I can't believe they did what I was just dreaming about as a kid.

[@prototype8137]

Were not there yet though. This looks good but isnt ultra realistic, its a gimmick video, and also theres a reason no games utilize it yet.. its just not possible. Matrix ps5 demo was minimal and bland. And the ue5 tech demo chugs on the best pcs. Games still look like games and will for a long time.

[@syo942]

@@prototype8137 We live in a world where we are escaping reality by dooming our selves in a virtual box and soonly with tech progress we wouldn't know "what is real ?" So yes it's upgrading at full speed

[@ericvirgo]

"""and it let your imagination to work a lot and fill the gaps of the rudimentary 3d graphics"" and that's what is the problem with ultra realistic looking games for me. They dont excite our imagination. You dont participate in the creative process.And after a while you don't even notice the beauty. Which works in games with shitty graphics. Its a paradox, but it does.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

I started gaming in the 80's on a Commodore 64. Pretty sure there's more data in one of those leaves than there was in a Commodore 64 cassette.

[@Zsolt_Peter_Kodner]

I understood what do you mean but the Intel 486 processor is 32-bit... the C64 has 8-bit processor (MOS Technology 6510 and later 8500).

[@MiljanBojovic]

The Elder Scrolls music is always such a good one for those environments :D

[@RooDemartini]

its so nostalgic! man imagine this engine with a new elder scrolls VR

[@MiljanBojovic]

@@RooDemartini I imagine a real VR, not that shit they did with Skyrim VR. I imagine an Elder Scrolls game like this, like Unreal Engine 5 top graphics with VR mechanics like Half-Life: Alyx

[@RooDemartini]

@@MiljanBojovic I like Skyrim VR,.. anyway an Elder Scrolls VI would be good if they improve engine and as you said the VR mechanics...

[@th1285]

Know the music for the first part of the video?

[@MiljanBojovic]

@@th1285Skyrim OST - Distant Horizons.

[@DPUDDZ]

The density was insane, can't wait to stuff like this in a real game especially the season changes.

[@SpykerSpeed]

This will probably be do-able at 120 fps by sub-$2000 computers within the next 4 years.

[@nex4613]

@@SpykerSpeed copium

[@dapperstache7747]

@@SpykerSpeed I'm a little surprised it has taken this long.

[@zaczeen1121]

@@dapperstache7747 It's all about the money man

[@TheKenji2221]

@@SpykerSpeed My sub 2000 bucks PC from 2 years ago can run that. Not in VR tho

[@nugget3846]

the age of just watching a virtual forest soothes and relaxes the mind has come

[@Vincetheprince25]

Especially when all real forests have been destroyed.

[@Vincetheprince25]

Tell me a place with a natural forest where there isn't rubbish lying around at least somewhere.

[@PwnEveryBody]

@@Vincetheprince25 Oh there's plenty of that, you're just gonna have to pick up your feet and go there. I get your point though. We've got tracts of wild forest within walking distance of the city centre here in Bergen, but on the beaten paths you're often gonna see at least some trash here and there. Depressing and infuriating in equal measure.

[@zakzwijn8410]

@@PwnEveryBody And dogs. Always people with fucking dogs everywhere. And they always think you like their fucking dogs. I don't. They're noisy, dirty, they smell, they come running towards you barking. I hate dog nutters.

[@ravenmild861]

​@@Vincetheprince25 Go to Kalimantan, Indonesia.

[@2005HemiMagnum]

Something like this needs to be released as a game. No story, no missions, shooting, etc. Just explore beautiful worlds with wildlife, almost like going hiking in a forest. That would be incredible for those that are physically unable to experience that, or can't financially travel to a place with that kind of scenery

[@rpgcinema7916]

there's already a ton of hiking videos on youtube

[@cjbrednev]

@@rpgcinema7916 videos don't give you the sense of a freedom

[@driddlesd9363]

Game designers hold back on graphics like this because a large chunk of gamers don’t have the hardware to run it. It’s a sad fact unfortunately. Until consoles and low-end pc’s can run it, big game developers don’t typically make things this deep

[@TheSmileyTek]

@@driddlesd9363 I thought that's what graphics levels Low, Medium, and High were for. Hmm

[@andreimorosan6211]

You can actually buy this for around $250.

[@diegoronkkomaki6858]

Adding footstep sounds would have made this even more immersive.

[@MeesterWhite238]

they put footsteps in already

[@BingtheLizard]

I remember back in the day watching the dev teasers for Oblivion and seeing the forest they showed there, getting so hyped. This is a degree of detail so far beyond that. Amazing.

[@lights0030]

Looks like it’s straight out of a wild life documentary.

[@dusankostic6401]

kingdom come deliverance forest look more realistic

[@Birdman._.]

@@dusankostic6401 realistic and beautiful are different

[@jonathan130]

youre blind

[@benmiles00]

This is absolutely incredible!! The level of detail is mind blowing. The way the light falls on the leaves and rocks. The snow scene was equally incredible. The only negative was probably the water not looking real where it met the bank. But otherwise it's absolutely magnificent. Great choice of music too. If Elder Scrolls looked like this I'd cry constantly.

[@Wherrimy]

Wow never expected minecraft to look so good

[@msec7188]

thats a forest i wouldnt mind being lost in i didnt see a single bug --- man this looks amazing!!

[@benmiles00]

Try the demo. You won't be disappointed

[@user-distantstar]

The hell with bugs! Just need to add few naked girls and we are golden

[@CdrmnkNathan]

That's looking pretty good, a few spots where you notice some texture stretching and issues with lighting. But apart from that it's almost good enough to fool someone into think it was real.

[@dusankostic6401]

kingdom come deliverance forest look more realistic

[@nitrofura9991]

Could you imagine this in VR, just walking around would be so awesome

[@luckieluuke131]

lol yea I can. I just go outside. Then imagine not feelin the wind, tempretature, put som huge googles on me etc. etc.... ;-)

[@ktommyxyk]

@@luckieluuke131 yeah, that's why VR doesn't make any sense at the moment. The real VR will be a simulation that you can't notice you're into, as matrix teach us

[@mikespilt]

then you have 2 x 4090 with a pimax 12k oled. 1 CPU for each eye

[@rakhit]

Can you imagine this in VR as a horror game? Sun starts to go down, and you start hearing screams in the distance, sounds of sticks breaking from only what you can imagine are footsteps coming towards you... and you spent your entire time screwing around talking about how cool the graphics are and came to realize you don't even have a torch...

[@1Life2Little]

Go to a forest... Even more awesome.

[@Mephitinae]

Impressive variety in the shape and age of the trees.

[@palbag]

wow. this looks unbelieveable. amazing how far we've come. but at the same time in a way it looks and feels like the first time i played oblivion back in 2006 as a kid.

[@balalajkeaccordeone4711]

u stop being a kid and become man after playin oblivion!

[@dusankostic6401]

kingdom come deliverance forest look more realistic

[@kayge4903]

omg i did not expect that snow part, especially with the flash light, it looks so unbelievably good!

[@andrewlawrence273]

Just blown away. I remember playing Nintendo in the early 90s and the first computer games in the mid nineties on desktop through MS-DOS on my parent's Gateway 2000 PC. Can't believe how far 3D graphics / gaming has evolved. I can't imagine it taking much longer to achieve a 3D graphic realism that's indistinguishable of reality. I'd say we are 95% there.

[@Psyriusmusic]

This is therapy for the soul. Hearing the atmosphere, wind, birds, rustling leaves and the faint ambient music. I hope that the next Elder Scrolls will have moments like this. Areas of peace and silence where you can explore and just relax. And after some relaxation, then you proceed to slay some bandits :')

[@garrytalaroc]

Everyday we are getting closer and closer to simulating a world that feels real. Will we come to a point to realize that there is a man out there who made our world using Unreal Engine 100?

[@saliva1305]

more like unreal engine 7 or so xD

[@godofthecripples1237]

We've finally created it... Real Engine

[@fafski1199]

Graphics like this are only really showing a small part of the overall picture of what performance is required, when it come to an actual "full" game. Games also have an entire host of non- graphical features and core & gameplay mechanics, that are continually silently running away in the background whenever you play a game. Things like NPC AI, game rules, hit calculations, algorithms, animation modelling, the HUD, health/stamina/stat system, player Inventory, item drops, NPC spawning ect. ect. ect. Unless it's a very simplistic game, those can very easily swallow up a lot more performance, than 'this flashy" looking graphics demo. The more complex, detailed and larger the game world, then more performance these end up swallowing up. It's pretty much why most in-depth, highly detailed open world games like RDR2 for example, run like a snail on a glue paper, while trying to run the better "photo realism" mods (even on a top end GPU's) I'm not blasting this video BTW, it looks absolutely gorgeous (Although fairly static environments, usually do these days). However Even here, without any gameplay "as such", in places you can see the jittering, slowdown and sluggishness, where both the GPU & CPU, are struggling. That's along with that slightly off putting "uncanny valley" look, where things don't look quite right. We are still several years off yet, in mastering that "realistic" look within games.

[@saliva1305]

@@fafski1199 well technology will only evolve

[@berthage3679]

that man is Jesus God incarnate in the flesh

[@americasace]

It doesn't even look like a simulation, but rather like someone is just walking through the woods with a very good HD camera in hand. It is truly "unreal".. thumbs up, thanks for sharing.

[@rexavgvsta5671]

Bethesda will never achieve this beauty 😍

[@rigastudentsrent7759]

maybe in 15 years

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

That's like saying a cripple will never learn to walk.

[@ServerAcademy]

The future is looking great! Imagine Skyrim like this!

[@DavePianist]

Thank you for sharing the files so people like us can enjoy the immersion.

[@artequintanilha]

This is unbelievable, being able to create this on your home computer with an open source program. When Unreal improves water effects, it will reach the edge of perfection.

[@Ssecave]

The only thing missing is interactivity when you pass/walk near branches/leaves. That said, amazing looking. Very dense.

[@benmiles00]

Some of them do bend actually but not all. If you try the demo you'll see what I mean.

[@EmpiricalMind]

Holy S++T !! I actually remember playing tennis on the Adman Grandstand T.V. Game in 1977, two white oblongs and a square ball on a black screen, and that was cutting edge, I'm glad I can put all this into perspective, having lived through these incredible advancements.

[@daemonwhite3740]

Fantastic lighting but things do start to look less impressive when you get the screenspace reflections on water and lower-resolution shadow maps.

[@ColinZtmnf]

Could be easily fixed by implementing RT. Performance however...

[@hogue_music]

@@ColinZtmnf That's why we got good ole DLSS baby

[@NiceGuyShaders]

@@ColinZtmnf afaik you can't combine rt reflection with lumen GI. actually you can but the GI will not appear in reflections. So have to also have a probe based GI

[@NiceGuyShaders]

also animation and physics. adding those would probably hit the fps even more than RT

[@daemonwhite3740]

@@NiceGuyShaders This demo gets worse in the winter biome. Lumen seems to ignore alpha maps, so if you transition all the way from full leaves to bare twigs, the GI levels do not change as if the trees were still full of leaves so the ambient light looks incorrectly dark.

[@nosse5232]

All we need now is real games with Unreal engine 5.. tech demos always looks good

[@imjody]

This looks absolutely impeccable! 😍

[@ImSiggi]

i got random vids whilst playing a game and when i watched it i first thought its a real forest footage. crazy how good it looks.

[@NoahHornberger]

really nice. Having worked in CG for film I can say a procedural dust layer that gets applied to everything randomly would do a lot for increased realism. What it would add is de-saturation to a lot of greens, only sporadically, and it would give you less perfect edges when a dust spot lines up with the edge of a leaf. The greens are just too perfect and spotless in my opinion. And then you can add like a procedural geometry deformer to add some noise to all the perfect edges . . . those stick out no matter how realistic the lighting gets.

[@pyrotechnick420]

On top of what you said, I think the scene itself is too static, the plants and trees do not move at all, they should be swaying in a slight breeze

[@mipspc]

Beautiful. The on;y unrealistic thing was leaves on hardwood trees while snowing. But fantastic.

[@blackmanx5845]

You know, it's really strange. Looks absolutely amazing in the still shots... But the camera movement is so unnatural, it breaks any immersion my brain is trying to establish. None the less, excellent job!!!

[@qozia1370]

yup the camera movement is awful, it broke the immersion but the environment is awesome

[@slluxxx]

Its not the bobbing, thats actually very natural and realistic. however paired with the input method of keyboard+mouse or gamepad this feels unnatural. you just have to use those methods tho. its a game after all and it needs input somehow.

[@Crossfirev]

@@slluxxx VR 👀?

[@slluxxx]

@@Crossfirev well, if it was vr, there shouldnt be bobbing :D. But tell me if you find a pc that can run this in vr (as you need double the power for two screens).

[@ApolloSilvercrest]

Fascinating how authentic and natural the foliage scatter seems to be, like an artwork or photo.

[@cgmax9768]

Hey that's impressive work congrats! I am trying to understand how you achieved nice lightning environment, could you share your directional light, volumetric fog, and exposure settings ? :) thanks!

[@erod2910]

the moment when zooming, incredible, amazing, lookign forward to play such games ....

[@HLDeadMan]

TES VI looks great! Thanks, Todd! :3

[@elyon2966]

I was looking for this comment :D

[@samy7342]

"Look it's all epic and incredible, look at all the- oh wait I can't fit here... ok, I as was saying... " 7:16

[@wolfwilkopter2231]

Looks almost as good as my Skyrim! OK looks a little better, but not much! 😁 Nature of the Wildlands, Folkvangr, Origin of Forest, Azurite Weathers, True storms, Lucid Rain, Water for ENB and Pi-Cho ENB get pretty close tho for whats possible in Skyrim. (RTX3080 Aorus Master 12GB here btw)

[@forthehomies7043]

8:00 holyyyy molyyyyyy. This brings such a smile to my face. Gorgeous work.

[@LionCerieals]

These Skyrim mods are looking better and better.

[@gerdhaase5413]

Absolutely awesome. Only the water leaves room for improvement.

[@AlexC_]

My GTX 970 showed 5 fps on ultra settings in 1080p

[@realitycapturehk-danny915]

This is absolutely insane. I just can't tell what is real and unreal.

[@cours458]

I went out couple of days ago, in a forest, you know what shocked me? every tree is moving (not just the foliage), even the big ones, they are totally static in every video games, and this video

[@mahmityigit7719]

A friend of mine has recommended me this tutorial. And i couldn't' be more happier

[@KaLaka16]

Woah that's nice. The only thing i see missing is what every simulation seems to miss: the way snow glistens, like stars in the night sky. Other than that, this is amazing.

[@kamranki]

Daytime portion looks incredible. So much visible detail.

[@zackmac5917]

We need this sort of thing in VR. It's incredibly exciting to know that we now have graphics like this. Put this in VR, and we are truly in the future of gaming. I hope Elder Scrolls 6 in VR is like this.

[@KonstantinKopenhagen]

Leafs and gras is still like in the years before - just some virtual plastic plants with low details, unrealistic motions and rough 2D shapes. I think it will take way more time until it will nearly looks realistic.

[@kingslayner]

We need an open-world game like this, like this insane life-like graphics paired with the VR headset. The game would be just you walking and exploring the beautiful world in a sunny day. That to me, sounds like a dream game.

[@thisseaisnotblue]

Компьютерные игры научили меня ценить жизнь, природу, как ни парадоксально. Ну и музыка маэстро Джереми Соула в том числе.

[@nvkzmaks]

со звукими проблема. ты идешь, а одна определенная птица всю дорогу одинакого громко и из одно и того-же места на тебя орет :)

[@RAZBRY]

Lack of footsteps definitely detracted from the believability. I still don't find sun light simulation to be quite there yet. Not sure if it's a mix of lighting and textures or maybe it's just the lighting, but that real life crispness will be amazing to finally see rendered in a game engine. One day.

[@Lanval_de_Lai]

I really don't care that much about graphics but the structure of that forest was awesome

[@JoseFlores-ft1cm]

im just starting and tNice tutorials video was perfect.Well explained and easy to follow for a beginner.I never understood soft soft till i watched tNice tutorials.

[@mieszko1985]

cant wait to see this in an actual game in like 20 years :)

[@sjwjsaw]

this is not animation it's a gameplay using unreal engine 5

[@martinvaldez327]

If you look at the history of 3D animation, 50 years ago the first computer animated hand was released. Then I remember in early 80s, Disney released its first short 3D animation "Bee" and I thought "hey, this is different" now. Technology had to advance in order to give us what we have now. Another 20 years from now, this is gonna look ancient. Just hope that TV/monitor will advance a bit faster so we can fully appreciate what's coming.

[@jorgeantonioumpireportocarrero]

But still able to explain each stage in a basic manner. Honestly thanks man!

[@sabyfoz538]

Almost like it was shot on a 50mm prime at F5.6 This is so beautiful

[@W00PIE]

Maybe a higher F number, I did not see depth of field resp. bokeh anywhere.

[@EATON770]

Music like from medieval games like Skyrim or Kingdom Come definitely fits here very much !!))

[@eliasblaesing]

If anyone is wondering, the music is "Distant Horizons" by Jeremy Soule from Skyrim.

[@petermayer8375]

We need an Elder Scrolls Morrowind or Skyrim remake.....with THIS kind of graphics and sound. Im sure people will buy it again. I played the first Mafia Definitive edition and it was like playing a new game....yet vaguely familiar. Epic stuff on this environment.

[@terminalvelocity4858]

I get excited too...until I realize Bethesda is making it, and with the same buggy, decades old graphics engine but "with updates". I want to believe, but that company doesn't have a good track record anymore. We can dream though, can't we?

[@jayvlogz6868]

Kudos man. You kept it very simple and helped make the first steps in soft soft. Very Helpfull! Thanks!

[@WaffleCake]

I wasn't thoroughly fooled by the Summer and Winter weathers, but once it turned Autumn... that looks insanely close to utterly photo-realistic.

[@NoobSvCy]

Insanely Good! Thanks for making this!!

[@cansymeris4371]

Thank you for demo!

[@tubesockromance]

Running this on full blast makes my computer cry real tears.

[@citizenoftheverse4653]

Truly Superb ! So much details and it doesn't feel procedural at all. I hope someone will make a good usage of these assets and give birth to a great game ! The demo is awesome just give it a try !

[@sferaefdeer3465]

It's incredible! lacking only dust particles in the air or rays of light from the sky.

[@sworn919]

This reminds me of the Crysis promo material, where they would show two photos side by side, one real and one in the engine, looks so good. The trees look a bit too stiff, even in the snowstorm they barely move. would also love to see if the grass/shrubs flatten under your feet, that would be cool to see.

[@RafaelSValerio]

I almost cried in skyrim modder tears when i saw the 'snow amount' slider working in real time

[@rezo856]

I am mind blowed seriously. UE5 is really insane. Its really future. This is just unbelievable. I remember kingdom come deliverance had best realistic forests/vegetation which is made in cryengine 3 long ago. Now ue5 can do more than that. This is just absolutely INSANE!!!!

[@angelsface200]

Dudeee, what?! Absolutely real. Can't fool me.

[@darvishhussain]

imagine if the sounds were coming from different sources in the environment, as you walk closer in one direction the birds cry loudens and if you walk the other direction you hear a waterfall, strong wind maybe and crickets sounds from unique directions

[@terminalvelocity4858]

imagine also, that takes a lot of work in addition to the already amazing amount of work. Maybe in a future release :)

[@darvishhussain]

@@terminalvelocity4858 Totally agree, I was just fantasizing. This already is an absolutely brilliant piece of work, so far we have come from basic 2d graphics like a decade ago... Just amazing.

[@cassadeegertrud8961]

Thanks to those who worked in it ,I could imagine how the future games look like

[@tomsm06]

That is really incredible and insane. I love it !

[@TristanTheVRGamecat]

Wow this Skyrim graphics mod looks awesome (nice touch with the music )

[@mehmettakbas9193]

This is *Minecraft: next evolution*

[@jamestaylor8935]

В сцене, где идет снег, не должно быть такого обилия снежной пыли, ветра, и крупного падающего снега. Тем более, падение снега не нужно изображать под углом, как будто идет сильный ветер, потому что лес является преградой и для ветра и для снега. Там не будет бурана с нулевой видимостью, как в поле.

[@swotiix3993]

Please do a Jungle/Tropical Rainforest version 💯💯💯

[@vladlenclocicov3672]

It is Todd`s adventure

[@arjun220]

Yet triple A Games is 10-20 years behind this beautiful graphics!

[@WBenzSEL]

I get the same feeling watching this as I did watching crysis videos back in the day

[@tejas4206]

Evening/night with subtle reflections looks like real life insane😊

[@kaputzaremix]

Makes you truly appreciate our real sensory perception more. This comes very close to it, but not even this level of detail and sharpness maches the real life mosaic our sense organs create. Our mind copied it, nature perfected it.

[@himanshusingh5214]

This is one hell of a realistic experience.

[@himanshusingh5214]

It looks two realistic.

[@himanshusingh5214]

The threes are so cool in there.

[@himanshusingh5214]

Four real.

[@himanshusingh5214]

Looks five to me tbh

[@Rene-uz3eb]

It's pretty cool there has been a lot of progress

[@fernandoestrada3641]

Fantastic video. Thank you Michael, You have inspired to get into soft editing and videos soft design too.

[@RMJ1984]

Why it looks truly beautiful, there is still some issues with repetitiveness, i can't put my finger on it, but when looking at the tree's and rocks, my brain is just screaming it's the same 5-10 models again and again. The human mind is crazy. But obviously this is something they can fix.

[@enigmaticimagination01]

I have seen some guys turned foliage, plants to nanites. Good lord this is remarkable!

[@fleshtonegolem]

Oh this makes me feel SO uneasy. If it wasn't for the perfectly smooth camera motions I would swear this was real.

[@LeonardoAVeter]

Никогда бы не подумал, что рил-тайм графика когда-нибудь придет к тому, что природа будет отрисована качественнее архитектурных композиций. Здесь, если не учитывать нереалистичность движения камеры, то все выглядит настолько качественно, что практически не отличить от реальности.

[@code-monet9468]

The first forest game environment that actually looks like one

[@djazz0]

Almost complete walking sim right here. Need a chill game like this.

[@betraid]

Looks epic, very good job on lighting and assets quality imagine an ENB like this in Skyrim;D

[@stuart3712]

I like how the same bird is chirping even tho the person ran 100s of feet away but yet the sound of that bird never changes...

[@Redbeak94]

The Chorrol forest road sure is beautiful this time of year. Cheers if you get the reference, i feel damn old looking at this xD

[@Glazkov74]

Imagine a skyrim, oblivion or witcher remaster with this :O no fast travel needed....

[@michelejames8695]

This is unbelievable! The ONLY thing that gives this away is the game like movement. I can't believe they can do this now with graphics.