Time Ghost | Unity 6

Time Ghost is the latest Unity Originals real-time cinematic demo developed by the team behind projects like The Blacksmith, Adam, Book of the Dead, The Heretic, and Enemies. Presented at Unite 2024 in Barcelona, it showcases what can be achieved with Unity 6. The demo highlights advancements in visual quality, project complexity, and the practical use of machine learning workflows.
Learn more about this project at: unity.com/demo...
Visit Unity Originals website to check out previous work by the Demo Team: unity.com/demo...
Watch some of our previous projects:
Enemies: • Enemies - real-time ci...
The Heretic: • The Heretic short film...
Book of the Dead: • Book of the Dead - Uni...
Adam: • Adam | Unity

[@kazumakazuma5814]

This tech demo has a better story than most Ubisoft games that came out this year

[@BravoPhantom]

🤣 Why are yall against Ubisoft, just enjoy the games that devs make, if you don't like something doesn't mean it is bad; maybe its not your taste and preference💀 But I agree to your point regardless 🤣🤣🤣

[@kazumakazuma5814]

@@BravoPhantom If you don't tell them why, they will bullshit themselves by coming up with excuses like how the market is saturated or how the game was just too ahead of its time.

[@BravoPhantom]

@@kazumakazuma5814 First Ever QuadRUPLE A Game doesn't have swimming 🤣🤣🤣

[@kazumakazuma5814]

​@@BravoPhantom or ship raiding combat

[@kraenk12]

Star Wars Outlaws actually has a very cool story.

[@apofex]

While watching this, I forgot about the fact that it is Unity.

[@idehenebenezer]

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless. Revelation 22:12-14 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

[@Obedthian-UK]

Hey dude maybe go to a video related about what you just said 😊​@@idehenebenezer

[@jeangoncalvesmello5739]

Are you a developer?

[@SrChalice]

Thanks for this. I copied it to my notes. For these are the end times I can feel that judgement is upon us.

[@ashereinhorn]

While making this, Unity forgot about the fact that they are Unity

[@funso]

2:02 The hair rub is just flexing

[@S_Tadz]

This caught my eye big time. Even by the end where it renders this big a$$ background, you can still see the realism of the hair.

[@BrianLife]

lol. I thought that too. and rightly so! lol!

[@KRGraphicsCG]

This is saying "I'm back". I had to rewind it a few times and it made me smile

[@cptmzh13]

is this just animation or physical computation like rigidbody?

[@Foxtrop13]

@@cptmzh13 strand based hair, it has realtime collision, the hand act like a rigidbody collider and the hair as particles, it just works

[@legushenka]

This tech demo is more interesting than most modern games

[@alphablender]

well said

[@Kumquat57]

Because its not a video game

[@iowesty]

so my ass is more intresting than a video game cause its my ass and not a video game

[@sachin3775]

That’s because it’s a concept driven almost purely by the artists’ vision, not an actual video game where multitudes of people are involved in the process of making it.

[@bt70a9]

Hair physics look good, lighting looks good, distance LOD looks great. But something is a bit off with the animations or something, I can't quite put my finger on it.

[@tashfiq92]

I felt the same, the animation doesn't felt natural.

[@racrzgaming1735]

ig its the flow of natural physics of real world. but i noticed it might be ai made movements all in real time not motion capture.

[@ronaldolamont]

My thoughts exactly, the animation, although great, could have been better! Don't think LOD's were used much, I don't think? And if there were alot of use for LOD'S, then why not make this in Unreal Engine where LOD's are not really necessary with Nanite.

[@tadmikowsky7520]

Watched again, and this guy is right. The animation is definitely off here.. I assume (since this is Unity) that there is some hidden licensing fee I have to pay per frame in order to fix it?

[@ShykeProdz]

There is no motion capture for that demo, and this is what looks weird. Graphics are spendid, but movements aren't much natural.

[@CodeMonkeyUnity]

That looks seriously insane! I think this might be my new favorite Cinematic after Adam. Such awesome graphical fidelity, that hair tech is insan!

[@INeatFreak]

your comments are insane!

[@mathematics1731]

SIr Thanks i am following your toturials to learn unity thanks alot big brother may live long

[@MrSwan-tm5wj]

Hoping you can make a quick tutorial on how to do this. I know this one is a bit tricky, so I don't mind waiting a couple of hours. Love your tutorials!

[@HummadNazir]

Could not agree more

[@brunosanta]

I completely agree, it's a great inspiration

[@fretfingers]

"The mouths don't quite look right.. just toss a mask on 'em!"

[@breeze5440]

Nooo bc that's what i was thinking hahaha

[@jasondaigle9852]

@@breeze5440 Eyes look like poo too.

[@kratos_1335]

Never forget, every Unity demo we've seen has a ton of custom tools. For example, in "The Book of the Dead" they had all these custom tools, even some obscure AO tech for trees that didn’t work when I downloaded it. I remember complaining about it on their forums. Unlike Unreal, Unity’s never really “what you see is what you get”. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the short film, but Unity has always been like that, kind of "faking" the real capabilities of the engine. From an investor’s point of view, though, I guess it's good marketing.

[@mhnoni]

Do they offer the source code for these demo like UE so devs can learn from them?

[@TheMapaSoft]

I totally agree. Unity is using a highly specialized team to create their demo. They create a lot of custom tools that is not avaialbles to us mortals. The demo may look great, I am not impressed at all. They did not have any facial features, sure you see eyes of the actors but still. I am still betting on Unreal

[@hendersonandre1]

@@mhnoni They do give you the files most of the time but they usually are broken and do not work when the everyday user gets their hands on them. When the everyday user gets their hands on UE stuff you usually see it again but unity stuff you never see it used by its users. Maybe if they made some of these custom tools a part of the engine cinematic like Unreal does then it help.

[@mhnoni]

@@hendersonandre1 Thats unfortunate.

[@kazuhiro68]

Unity is pushing URP. Despite this, HDRP demos are misunderstood. I would like to see URP and HDRP integrated. It will even out the requirements of each DCC tool and game engine since Epic will integrate it into Fab and Unity will be able to use it.

[@JxnasJ]

I watched this somehow thinking it was UE5 or UE6 but oh my- UNITY? This is amazing!

[@mrmuhammedalfadhli]

I honestly will watch this if it was a movie

[@shepherdthoenen8564]

As always it's the music score that elevates this from a simple technical demonstration of the engines capabilities into a thoughtful crescendo of animation, texturing and 3d modeling. The light and volumetrics lend to a feeling of space or depth.

[@kFreezer]

Sound is doing 50% of the job when you're watching any kind of media

[@damsen978]

SFX were great but the music is very cliche at this point, i went to the point where i dont feel anything from that instrumentation and melody now because of how many times it was done in films already.

[@nicoschroeder5379]

​@@damsen978 yoooo i coudlnt figure out whats buggin me about the music while its great. But you explained it perfectly. This is the same wannabe epic instrumental that they aaaall use 😂

[@tobario]

Thank you Unity for reigniting the flame. Really impressive!

[@kalidesu]

Unity has hit 2006 animation standards.

[@tobario]

@@kalidesu cool

[@MajdBd-pk9zg]

​@@kalidesu🤣

[@ezekiasound]

@@kalidesu yeah, which took hours if not days to render a single frame. this is in real-time.

[@walidsidisaid2521]

Really impressive, the visual fidelity is insane, the Mountain Trek was so real I forgot I was watching something rendered in an engine ! Bravo !

[@markschoennagel5076]

Zooming in from those distance shots into a blade of grass is insane. Currently at Unite showing exactly this this off.

[@alanlindsay8310]

The term "photo realism" has been used for years, but for anyone not aware this is rendered, this is the most realistic render I've seen to date. Stunning. I can't find a single frame for improvement.

[@markschoennagel5076]

@@alanlindsay8310 the most important part is it’s rendered in real time so I can literally fly the camera anywhere I want and the shot holds up vs frame by frame linear rendered.

[@Kolyasisan]

Okay, this one is pretty good. The demo team delivers once again.

[@arioamin]

And yet fails to deliver an actual playable demo. Face it, Unity's team have no idea how to make an actual game so they only make cinematic demos with an on-rails camera

[@Kolyasisan]

@@arioamin no one denied that lol

[@arioamin]

​@@Kolyasisan Not saying anyone did but just me being frustrated that Unity needs to start upping their demo game so to speak, they need to revive 'Gigaya' and not give up halfway this time!

[@Kolyasisan]

@@arioamin wholeheartedly agree.

[@Sorcerer0]

true

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

I first used Unity in 2009. What progress!

[@Dentarg13]

What?) Anything similar in real games?

[@sparksteryt1639]

Do you mean "What a progress!" ?

[@somebody_nowhere]

stunning visuals

[@danupnorth6607]

Runtime fee cancelled, 6 in Oct, 6.1 feature announcement....feeling optimistic! Unity thanks for turning it around because we love your software!

[@chrism8860]

They will do greedy again

[@ok_listen]

Imagine trusting them again

[@chrism8860]

@@ok_listen They never reversed some of the decisions they made either

[@michaorzechowski4948]

Final answers will come on 17. of October, lets see then if they are trustworthy again or never again

[@MajdBd-pk9zg]

can't be trusted

[@ludologian]

We really missed your outstanding works , Unity Demo Team please be around you're the best

[@OussamaBen-khali]

Now we gotta wait for 10 years so ep 2 will be released

[@RighteousUncle]

and another 10 when a game made in unity looks close to this.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Good to have a prospect of what can be actually accomplished in Unity...

[@z4v3k]

I expected the current generation of games to look like this on the PS5 and not the copy and pasted PS4 graphics that we have right now.

[@BryceCzirr-jz7ju]

Lol. The PS5 is weak. This MAY be possible on an RTX 5090, maybe.

[@asifkaka5052]

Your expectation for the PS5 are too high bro.

[@eksot]

@@BryceCzirr-jz7ju This demo is running on a RTX 4090.

[@amitj4917]

@@eksot But what would you need to play a game at this fidelity? That's where Unity falls short. Still a fantastic engine, especially for indie devs.

[@arshiatn2895]

It was running on a 4090 so maybe PS6 Pro?

[@sakurarabbit6708]

🤩This looks really cool.

[@PixelGM]

Ayyy Sakura Rabbit's here

[@jean-philippegrenier120]

You're stuff is also very stunning Sakurarabbit!

[@Gr13fM4ch1n3]

No, YOU look really cool.

[@WielkiChooyDuckMySick]

Cool was PS3 graphics. This thing is top tier.

[@TheDamnedScientist]

As long as it doesn't require a desktop RTX 4090, it's sooo awesome!

[@w01dnick]

No, just 5090 ;)

[@TheDamnedScientist]

​@@w01dnickhehe 😂

[@nikitawew6087]

i want to remind you, it is not real time rendered. that could render for hours

[@w01dnick]

@@nikitawew6087 description states: "real-time cinematic demo"

[@seneshKO]

Wow, landscape is so detailed and his hair too. Insane technology Showcase😮‍💨

[@TedThomasTT]

They should have opened the keynote with this, looks insane.

[@okaybutwhythough7456]

Honestly if you take the polygon count down a notch, these visuals aren't really too out of reach to implement in a game in the near future. All the artistry in the demo is just absolutely amazing, getting the most out of the tech.

[@Castrimaris]

Environment geometry and lighting has come a loong way. I also really like hair and grass physics and quality, volumetric fog could be a bit better. Very excited for the future of Unity :D

[@AlexTuduran]

That hair was insane, but let's not forget this is a tech demo. Turning this into a game? That's a whole different story.

[@eze-cs]

Stunning. Incredible work here team, excited as Unity keeps on growing!

[@infinitinfinitinfinit9820]

I am so Glad i stuck with unity

[@Jorpl_]

Love the vistas and landscapes - incredible work!

[@obalfaqih]

The fur, the hair, and the grass. The lighting, the different moods, the cloth simulation, the camera movement… basically everything about this short is well done 🔥 The last place at the end reminded me of The Blacksmith setting. I am really glad that Unity is still focusing on the cinematic stuff, I have been playing in that area a lot for personal projects, clients, and even some tutorials on my channel. And made a tool on the asset store to help with placing characters in the timeline with a click, and recently a full Unity Filmmaking 101 course. If you’re still reading, all the best with your journey 🙏🏼

[@fus3n]

Everything and performence wise it looks really good but graphically i dont think it looks impressive, it looks like a game from 2016 except those *might* use prerendered cutscenes this is Realtime

[@hajjex_9086]

Dear unity's team.....you have came a long way this year. This is the type of redemption I like to see. And I'm sure many others appreciate. Good job. You are slowly making my choice for unity that much worth while. Respect ++

[@79aimless]

Unity have come a long way, really impressive.

[@Praveenkumar-jb3wd]

Landscapes are too good❤

[@S....]

Making landscapes look good is easy for more than a decade...

[@samisalama3033]

It is mind blowing to know that we can make something so realistic that the first second are indistinguishable from reality.

[@przemekkalinowski3932]

Astonishing! Keep it going Unity!

[@JBtheWARVillain]

What a beautiful short! Was intrigued from the opening scene, and as a Unity user very inspired to create.

[@kaspedkk]

This looks so good that i kept forgetting it wasnt real footage xD

[@incole7041]

It's always a pleasure to look at a great cinematic. However, it says a little regarding what is achievable in actual gameplay. I would rather see some unity internal team making polished game prototype trying to push graphics quality within this borders.

[@nickhamptonmusic]

Beautiful, as always. I was watching this while using my headphones and I got lost in music as it was building and adding more instruments. Great composition!

[@thexrman]

beautiful and stunning - just please bring this into VR!

[@IIITHRIII]

Unity is back. Let’s go!

[@16bit_nerd]

time to order some unity stocks...

[@Mutrax4706]

The story of a soldier who knows that continued running is a death sentence, seeing how his mates fall, so he decided to hide till the storm is over. Then, once it's safe, he travels to their destination; old ruins, where he meets another soldier who thankfully is alive. Now, they once again face whatever their journey brings, together. Another great example of "show, don't tell"

[@PawanPrasad-g3y]

. It feels almost realistic the effort and work of the whole team is appreciated 🔥🔥🔥

[@Camobiwon]

Very impressive, any features which can push us towards higher quality, higher performance realtime rendering is always a huge win. Edited because I realized it is realtime, more impressive at that

[@shafiq_ramli]

Yeah it's real time. See description.

[@Kanookoochn]

Ey read before comment

[@rjeez95]

Its a 4090. Honestly 4090 can run cinematics if optimised, but games are made low to mid range

[@ZAYMANGAMESTUDIO]

I clearly have no words to this, masterpiece. Congratulations 🎊🎉

[@ZAYMANGAMESTUDIO]

Of course, there are still a flaw here and there, but, WOW. It looks absolutely BEAUTIFUL. No denial. Keep up everyone.

[@thietduy]

😍still a BIG FAN BOY since UNITY 4. Stunning graphic with productive, clean workflows are the best dream I wish for UNITY 6 and so on. Let's make UNITY be better guys, please :)

[@UTubeSL]

Almost brought me to tears. Emotive to sense what WW1 soldiers went through... And we've come so far since I was a lad! Amazing demo.

[@hhhyund]

Stunning,,, 💕You guys keep pushing the boundaries of what's possible. The level of detail, the lighting, the atmosphere... it's like stepping into another world. 🌎✨Keep going, Unity! We're all here, eagerly awaiting the next visual feast. 🤩

[@NebulaeStudios-cy1sd]

Really impressive display from the Unity team and devs behind this showcase. A great way to redeem and bring people back to the platform. Excellent visuals and really looking forward to where this is going!

[@LFPAnimations]

Feeling optimistic about Unity's future again. No runtime fee, cinematic quality short in real time, and a change of leadership.

[@bertilorickardspelar]

Well, real time might be a bit of a stretch. These kinds of demos used to be downloadable so you could try to run them yourself. Since Unity don't allow that I am always skeptical of their claims of real time. If I can not see it, I do not trust it. Still very impressive and I do hope Unity keeps evolving.

[@trigamingevolved]

@@bertilorickardspelar Unity said they will release the demo alongside Unity 6 on October 17th. So we will know how well it runs real time then.

[@justpeachy7873]

This demo is so god damn good. There was one spot that was a little funky( at 3:28, the trees in the background can be seen switching LOD levels, causing abrupt visual changes to some of the trees) , and im sure there are more if someone were to be really picky about it but as something to just visually take in, this is an amazing demo.

[@PrabhatMahto]

what a generation to live

[@fabrizzolla]

You guys should help BSG bringing this photorealistic quality to life on their FPS shooter... it's the only FPS shooter developed on Unity that worths (and deserves) this kind of sponsor, that could help Unity clear its name after the "runtime installation fee" fiasco

[@keef78]

Ok but no one's hair moves like that and we see these demos every year but never is there a game that looks anywhere near its quality.

[@Cold-2005]

Exactly. I'll be surprised if any games ACTUALLY use it to this level. It's just too much work and polishing to this detail level, for an entire game

[@Cold-2005]

@@Sletchman So essentially getting to these graphics levels in your triple A titles is then behind by about 5 to 10 years as the median graphics capabilities of the consumers becomes more high-end. Within 10 years at the most, I presume most people will have video cards as powerful as the 4090 is today, and many will have much better. So we can expect to see visuals as nice as this fairly typically by the mid 2030s. However there's always games that push the graphics sooner, sometimes targeting those top tier 1% of gamers. Like the Crimson Desert one that's coming out. The in-game trailers for it start to approach graphics like this. It's simply going to be a stunning game and I expect to get the full visuals as the trailer depict, you will need either 2 or 3 4090s in SLI mode or the top tier 5000 series when they are out. I'm excited for the realism in games coming in the next 10 years. I will admit I'm lucky to be one of the few to afford the latest top end video cards every couple of years and I know not many can do that.

[@redstudios5030]

It's not necessarily about being able to make a game with this level of fidelity, it's more like now Unity can be more of a competitor in the filmmaking world where Unreal has dominance.

[@hyyyyyyyu]

Rooted the game, they do with bag

[@ruk_uk]

it’s how the game dev uses the engine not unity’s fault

[@aldo6532]

Just incredible. I hust hope one day we can get these realistic animations in an actual game OUTSIDE of the cutscenes… for faces too

[@sixxmahmud9837]

Me, who never left unity❤❤, just sipping a drink as i enjoy this

[@Shodan-0101]

Same here brother, thanks for keeping the faith in Unity!!

[@tettogreen]

Honestly, there's no way to leave Unity. You just know multiple engines in the end 🙂

[@sixxmahmud9837]

@@Shodan-0101 same to you man

[@normals3d]

I'm keeping faith in unity since 2018 when I first started to code back when I was 11 years old

[@018FLP]

Yep, me either!

[@jarkkokainulainen9739]

This is really really nice work. Kudos to the demo team.

[@vasileiospgr]

*This is exactly the trip you need to take every time you want to go to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece* 😂

[@jellylovecz5475]

If this is possible with Unity now, then perhaps I will re-consider my future with Unity, maybe it's not what I wanted, but it for sure is what I needed

[@DecimateCG]

damn, The in Editor Realtime preview on Unity was so cool to look at

[@Banaaani]

Seeing this photorealistic tech demo and cancelation of the bad monetization methods, I am proud to be an Unity user again.

[@user-ws8bb8ii4n]

these renders are crazy

[@blackcitadelstudios]

Wow... guess i'm moving my project to Unity 6. 👍

[@RobertoGarcia-vj2dw]

A beautiful setting, reminiscent of the lands of northern Spain where I live. Thanks for sharing it.

[@ClassifiedS5Gaming]

Looks incredible. Unity is making one good decision after another. First the "The Runtime Fee is canceled" and now this incredible show of UNITY 3D's capability in graphics is truly mesmerizing! Keep up the good work.

[@supposedithink9639]

Specially the hair after 2:02 just outright jaw dropping. Mind you this is Unity 3D

[@ClassifiedS5Gaming]

@@supposedithink9639 exactly! Also don't forget all the details in distance, lighting, and details in general of characters and environments

[@tufanaydin6340]

This is really amazing tech demo

[@MohammadFaizanKhanJ]

Hair, Cloth, Camera movement, Character, Ambience, Vegetation, Cinematic! All top class!

[@SVENY]

Exciting times! Unity is finally now back at the top with Unreal Engine in terms of visual fidelity. Bravo!

[@MatrixMaster777]

This looks incredible indeed^^

[@MichaelDias-s6x]

Minha nossa mãe, ho my god jesus que maravilha em sensacional de bom, parabéns pela incrível demostração ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ArtStudio232]

Ok, queremos um jogo disso se possível kk

[@col000r]

Ah, another demo of features we all wish would actually exist... 😉 The demo team is excellent though, kudos!

[@markschoennagel5076]

This is unmodified Unity 6, the hair and some other custom tools, as well as several of the scenes will be available for download in October.

[@juancarlosgzrz]

@@markschoennagel5076 lol

[@mschoennagel]

@@juancarlosgzrzconsidering I’ve been showing people at Unite the project all day in the Editor I’m curious what you think is lol?

[@mutsuzfilozf]

ÇOK FELAKET HOŞ DURUYOR 🔥🔥🔥 Sabırsızlıkla bekliyorum

[@ClearAutumnFestival]

Get ready for the bait and switch from Unity.

[@SviatoslavPetrov]

Cool! The software is not matter, when the professional in work!

[@darkmattergamesofficial]

Insane! The battle scene was awesome, reminiscent of recent WW1 movies. The dirt falling on the character after being shelled was really cool. Plus the hair. But I am really blown away by the sweeping environments. Unity is back and better than ever!

[@TheUncutAngel]

very excited to download the project and see how it runs! Performance is king. I tried the old hair system but couldn't figure out how to shade it properly, so hopefully they've taken the time to provide more documentation.

[@SuperchargedW12]

Amazing in so many ways. The sleek camera motion at 3:31 shows that this was clearly directed and executed by an excellent creative team.

[@TechHubLK-Official]

This is really amazing

[@thelegitimatenoob1]

2:26 Man, the aerial shot there looks so good.

[@gurujoe75]

"Time Ghost, developed with an unmodified Unity 6 engine, was showcased at Unite Barcelona 2024 running on a PC equipped with an Intel Core i9-14900K CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU." The problem is not the performance of the HW, in five years we'll be laughing at that rig. The problem is to make a game of that quality with respect to budget and man-hours. Skyrim in this graphics, physics, interaction would probably need the work of more than 1000 people for 6+ years for at least 500 mega USD, innit.

[@MaceoKeefe]

im not sure exactly what pint your making, but if i understand you correctly, i believe this was too showcase the general power of unity 6, not necessarily what it can be for game dev. i dont mean to take a stab i might just be fully misunderstanding what your saying

[@gurujoe75]

@@MaceoKeefe So Unity has turned into primarily about creating non-interactive movie videos ? Sarcasm. I repeat. Software and HW today is clearly outpacing the ability of dev teams to absorb their capabilities, and they don't have the money to do it at all.

[@BobFreemann]

can't wait for the all the retro style games to come from this new version

[@SicoSiber]

As an absolute diehard unreal guy, I can say I am pleasantly surprised! As long as results are good, use the game engine you want to! Props to Unity for this and their full rollback of all that crap they said they were gonna do!

[@ju4n44.]

Just.. wow! There is so much to say to qualify it but.. I want to leave it as it is, it speaks by itself! Very impressive!

[@klesarevrenotech3066]

2:22 - where is battle traces?

[@MrSwan-tm5wj]

Wow really nice demo! No more run-time fee and now this :) These are the kind of things unity needs to do, and keep doing. Well done guys! Can't wait to see what you make next!

[@TeacupPotato]

I didn't realize that such beautiful graphics could be achieved in Unity! I hope you can share this with many indie game developers. There are likely many who are satisfied with graphics reminiscent of the PlayStation 1, so this could be an opportunity to broaden their possibilities.

[@bertilorickardspelar]

The biggest problem for indies is time and creating assets of this quality level takes a huge amount of time. And also, this will not run on commodity hardware. You need a super computer. I am willing to bet that that is not even a real time render.

[@hanzofuma]

The issue is not the beautiful graphics itself but how to make the most beautiful graphics with the lowest resources. Also how good your engine can handle high poly objects.

[@balloonb0y677]

@@bertilorickardspelarwell considering you have software to automatically do the tessellation for you, and a lot better than you. Led range PCs and even consoles should be able to achieve graphical fidelity not to far off from this demo despite the lack of raw power.

[@bertilorickardspelar]

@@balloonb0y677 Tesselation is not the problem, production is. To create high quality realistic assets is highly time consuming even with the best tools. That may not be relevant for much longer if progress keeps going in the various AI fields but for now it still is.

[@balloonb0y677]

@@bertilorickardspelar yeah but tessellation was always a huge time consumer. Now it’s gone. And with AI making assets now just makes it all the less time consuming. Although there will always be a need for actual human interaction to make specific decisions on how something is made

[@sassuskrassus3166]

looks incredible

[@dexio85]

This is great! I got so tired that all the investors now ask for UE, now I finally can pitch a game on Unity without being question that it won't look good! Great job!

[@lov3ly298]

Your engine is realllyy strong rival to ue. Keep it up guys, we are in the same boat

[@CrashBashL]

Get a demo out for PlayStation 5 Pro using all its features, just like Epic released the Matrix demo for the PS5 running on UE5.

[@state_244]

YES FOR NEXT GEN WOULD BE AMAZING🙏💪🏻🔥

[@MarioRossi-hw2rq]

dreaming dude ps6 for running this at max of his potential, this gave me feeling when i saw crysis 1 in 2007

[@Beer_Wolf]

"Because he's worth it" ~L'Oréal

[@ciorbyn]

The usual story developed with tools not integrated into the engine that no one will be able to replicate🤣🤣🤣

[@OverbiteGames]

I don't use Houdini, but Blender is working toward enabling a lot of Houdini-like proc gen tools - they're very impressive and likely could tackle something like this. The role of a game engine has expanded into asset production but I don't think that "you had to import assets made elsewhere" is a dig to be levied here - until Ai makes assets like these Unreal is the only place that indies are getting free access to very high end humans and the other AAA assets - but you still have to close the gap yourself and elevate the rest of your project to that standard. I'm into the lighting and shadows and stuff that I can use even in stylized games - especially on mobile and low end - and for that reason I'm excessively enthused about the potential for a unified render pipeline that would enable me to scale my game beautifully from "I wish you had a better way of experiencing this" all the way up to computers better than mine. The fundamentals are killer - and Unity has the performance and final image quality - especially in motion - that I refuse to go without. I'm thrilled that Unreal has all of its' features and production tools - they're wonderful - but Unity has the ability to make games for everyday common devices - and that's what I''m targeting. I'm looking forward to checking out this demo on my machine and seeing how horrendously it runs :)

[@yeahbOOOIIÌIIII]

Name a single developer who is producing graphics in their title that look like this, and who is not using tools outside the engine. There isn't one, no matter which engine they use.

[@GadgetGamesAU]

2:50 looks like it could be a frame from a movie! Amazing.

[@Antypodish]

Interestingly, you can see culling in the background in just few seconds later. White objects showing.

[@rockerbauer]

Tech demo are always better than what we can really expect, if you doubt, just look at older techs.

[@nebuchadnezzar916]

Damn that hair is amazing!

[@neHCuoHEpa8888]

Everything looks perfect, but spend a lot of time to understand how the backpack handle to his bag. I think it is some kind of magic.

[@jeanmakesgames]

I'm glad Unity is finally back to focus more on gamedev, cancelling the runtime fee and working on the technology to make game like that, I've watched the keynote and that's a good serie of step in the right direction!

[@tatoforever]

This demo was prob made by a large team of skilled artist in at least 6 months. Plus the fact that most of that pipeline was build outside Unity. Unity is just doing the rendering.

[@keithv2974]

@@tatoforever Except for the physics, the lighting, possibly animation. Essentially the same way a video game is made. Assets made in another program and rendered through the game engine.