Virtual Bamboo Grove: Special Edition | UE5 [4K]

Take a walk through a moody little bamboo forest. Unreal Engine 5.3.2.
Now with 16x the detail! Okay, maybe not exactly. It is 60fps now though. This was mostly to test using virtual cameras with an iPad for that hand-held look. Also trying out DLSS 3 for this one - all shots were rendered out at 4K using DLSS ‘Quality’ settings. Not too shabby honestly - it handles the fine detail much better than the default TSR - wayy less flickering too...
Using hardware Lumen for reflections and GI, Nanite for meshes. No path tracing was used.
Cinematic version: • Virtual Bamboo Grove |...
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[@lion_towers3d]

What do you think about the camera movement? Too much? Not enough? Let me know! ArtStation: www.artstation.com/artwork/YBv1Zb

[@miket8324]

That can be turned down -time or even off.@@Hircine-vj1pg

[@VA-anu_Production]

perfect. looks like a small kid is exploring the beautiful environment.

[@mane42]

If someone were to show me this completely randomly, without any context or prior knowledge of it being made in Unreal, I would legitimately think it's real. Rather ironic for the name of the engine, but super impressive.

[@amirhamzepourshafi8322]

The best scene in UE5. I wish we could see other trees as good as these.

[@lion_towers3d]

Thanks!

[@vasanth.s419]

@@lion_towers3d bro wich rendering use please tell and please upload lot of ue5 tutorial

[@UstedTubo187]

Dude! You've always been producing the best UE5 vids on the internet and you're actually improving... somehow. Haha! I think this one is the most photoreal yet. You could tell anyone this was actual footage and no one could dispute it. Amazing work, as usual!

[@lion_towers3d]

Thank you so much!

[@duncanhoward6648]

This is amazing! Practically photorealistic. Everyone jokes about how that expression sounds silly after a few years but it becomes truer every time it's said. It's exciting that it's even possible to render stuff like this in real time.

[@lion_towers3d]

Thank you!

[@alexandrbratus3757]

The level of detail is incredible!

[@lion_towers3d]

Thank you!

[@angellestat2730]

Wow, this is the most realistic virtual scenary on real time that I saw

[@nico-s5k]

I wish I could live in this place, that"s gorgeous!

[@lion_towers3d]

Thank you!

[@sierratangoandras]

Absolutely crazy 😱👏🏼🤯 The best demo I've seen!

[@lion_towers3d]

Thank you!

[@Kethra430]

Great camera work!

[@lion_towers3d]

Thanks!

[@shaheenal-asadi]

Very peaceful, very relaxing - would love to try this out on VR

[@lion_towers3d]

Thank you!

[@thegreatimu]

Absolute insanity! I wish we can experience this in a demo or something with the exact same details. 😊

[@lion_towers3d]

Cheers!

[@williamlacrosse9389]

Bro we need a tut. You nailed it. Keep it up.

[@lion_towers3d]

Cheers!

[@اسلاماسلام-م3ظ]

я на протяжении всего видео думал что это реальность, потом сморю комментарии, и понимаю, что у этого человека талант

[@有條友]

just sigh with emotion of the technology development，hundred of years ago,artist stay a moment on the paper,nowdays artist create a true world on my screen.

[@reputationbarbie]

Bloody incredible 👍

[@lion_towers3d]

Thank you!

[@ZombieGuyDevelopment]

Just realised the Wood is Made from pallets

[@GameDevEyra]

gorgeous ♥

[@JonathanWinbush]

I like the other version more I felt like it was more alive but this one is still pretty baller! How are you doing the water splashes if I can ask? 🤙🏿

[@lion_towers3d]

Thanks! And the splashes are just a sub uv animation particle system hooked up to the rain collision - and then just animated normal maps for the ripples in the water...

[@signalshift6676]

Wow that's an image turned game

[@NestGFX_]

Wow, beautiful

[@GroFilms]

wow..

[@onceuponatimeonearth]

These graphics are getting stupidly realistic. I mean it'll be a while before this runs at 60+ fps in heavy action open world retail games but wow.

[@jasonwhitman8074]

So badly want to see your rendering process!

[@MatthewRumble]

How do you get that translucency in the foliage? Is this megascans or custom assets made in blender? It looks so good

[@lion_towers3d]

Thanks! And its a subsurface shading + opacity mask node setup!

[@SuitsandShorts]

Ain't no way😮

[@MyAmazingUsername]

Woah holy freaking Christ!! How did you do the camera motion? Feels like it was recorded with a real phone and then transferred to digital scene camera? Edit: Description says you did that with an iPad. Makes sense. I wonder if this kinda motion could be fully programmed so that mouse would behave that way automatically?

[@lion_towers3d]

Yeah - iPad live link virtual camera to get the motion. Gotta say, it was pretty cool to be able to walk around a scene I built as if I were actually there!

[@MyAmazingUsername]

​@@lion_towers3d It looks really good. You're so damn good at building scenes. Next time, try walking the scene in VR and record that. It's even crazier. I was just thinking about how to emulate this with just a mouse after seeing your video... Handheld camera shake is basically like a dozen sine waves all acting in different directions, with different amplitudes, and different frequencies. So this could probably be programmed exactly like that. Have a bunch of sine waves which react to mouse movement speed, increasing the amplitude the faster the mouse moves. Mix together all the forces and calculate the camera motion vector for each frame. Smooth it all out and add a slight delay after moving the mouse so that the intent of the player ("move camera top left") is analyzed but is then mixed with the wobbly sine wave motion, and adding a few things such as overshoot and correcton, and then gradual calming of the camera when it's being held still, but always have a slight wobble. The sines should constantly be changing direction, by smoothly and slowly rotating the angle that they're aiming at. So that the wobble is always unpredictable. The mouse motion vector should always be the strongest, to ensure the camera actually follows the mouse. It would probably take like a week of tuning but in the end it could become a very cool game mechanic for a realistic game/virtual tour world.

[@lion_towers3d]

@@MyAmazingUsername Thanks! And yeah, that does sound pretty interesting!

[@GhostArtMusic]

It is just illegal to show such a great work and don't show a process of making it :)

[@keremfuruncu7]

The camera movements are really good, but when it rotates, especially when it rotates, the constant fast and straight movement is similar to the way bots in fps games move when we watch the view camera.

[@soulbank]

would love to see this in the UE marketplace ! any plans to put it up ?

[@_Reverse_Flash]

Why do I feel something will come charging at me from the obscured far end of the path.

[@charlie.on.youtube]

I have a few questions: 1. How? 2. How.? 3. How...? 4. How.....?

[@SynthToshi]

can you do a tutorial? how do you create the water drop effect on the puddles? also what assets do you use to make everything look wet?

[@SolidShadows3D]

This looks incredible. Did you model the bamboos yourself or use an asset for it?

[@neoqueto]

Imagine that in VR. What is real? How do you define "real"? Epic Games truly were onto something picking the name "Unreal" for their 1998 shooter. As a hobbyist 3D artist I just don't know what to say. Even Avatar 2 didn't impress me as much as this short video.

[@ChillieGaming]

Because avatar 2 is a game and this is not A video game needs to run on 120+ fps or higher nowadays otherwise gamers will complain And this is just a demo which would barely run at 60 fps in most GPUs. So when GPU will start to get stronger then we will see games with these level of detail

[@hartyvarsy5528]

This is the best demonstration of UE5 I have seen! I am a beginner. Is it rendered in realtime though? Or did it take hours like blender to render?

[@DarthoisMaxime]

if it's ue5 its realtime

[@worldcolors444]

Hello sir amaizing work please make tutorials specialy for lighting raining and camera work

[@hkr1276]

Is there any way we can download this level and try it out for ourselves?

[@mind_symbol]

i'd love to know how you get the landscape puddles to interact with the rain weather. any insight?

[@ricklancaster9134]

I want to hire you where can I get in contact

[@youku_elisa]

Please tell me how you get the materials in the scene to look wet like they've been soaked in rainwater

[@oldmanbiscuit7518]

If it wasnt for the camera, id say it was perfect. The movements are too fluid, like a game.

[@OletusfogonesRecetasdecocina]

Please!! We need a tutorial!! :)

[@michaelpowell4007]

Hey, lovely video! Could you please tell me where you got the bamboo assets from thanks?

[@miket8324]

Great job. Is the foliage from quixel?

[@fabioalexandre3536]

Do you have any tests on the new AMD RX 7600 8GB?

[@zielaz3714]

If you could put this in VR and get it to work on the Quest 3 or Pimax Crystal, I don't think that anyone would be able to tell this was not real life.

[@allhaillordtachanka2197]

what r the pc specs for running this sequence.???

[@lion_towers3d]

This was running on a 3060ti - although DLSS helped bring it up to 4k

[@allhaillordtachanka2197]

@@lion_towers3d buddy can u provide the assets..in the discription...Also have watched an amazing storm clip ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5TIo3x_eNGVg6M) in ue4...it was amazing...can u recreate and add something to this kind of storm in this bamboo scenne.

[@FedeDito]

​@@lion_towers3d this is incredible man

[@yaelm631]

​@@lion_towers3d6 months later, still astonished you made something looks this good on a 3060ti! Also loved you were noticed by Epic, look forward to what you do

[@a_witcher94]

you need to start showing the editor viewport at the end of the video or people wont believe its digital lol

[@lion_towers3d]

Haha - thanks!

[@Thefirstname-jj4ws]

Any courses or tutorials related to make these kinda projects??

[@ryanjdev87]

Is this all nanite foliage ? also this has to be on a 4090 correct ?

[@cg-school]

Very realistic staff. Its rtx 3090 ?

[@solutionghostsimple6470]

Nahhhh, This has to be real.

[@huh3719]

Can you show a video of you editing this? My friend doesn’t believe this is real 😂

[@arc7498]

Where are the assets from?

[@tejasparastekar7271]

Is this lumen or path traced?

[@lion_towers3d]

Lumen!

[@TheDaysWeLived]

How big was your project (GB size)?

[@bastothemax]

Was this rendered in real-time?

[@RetroRealm5]

i think its real

[@ranggaartt]

how to make??

[@ramixsabeh]

Bro, when are you gonna do a tutorial for this......

[@alalmalal]

Now add a really poorly rigged and animated monster chasing you with kevin macleod action music

[@jkz911]

Come on, you can't bring a video recorded in reality and call it being made with UE5.🤣

[@raghav47i]

Kid just shut your mouth 😂

[@jkz911]

@@raghav47i What? I'm speaking the truth, how can you say this is fake? An obvious scam from the author. This is just, UNREAL.🤣🤣🤣

[@electricfox6598]

Unreal engine is capable of this

[@electricfox6598]

This is available to download for anyone, just search virtual bamboo grove

[@jkz911]

@@electricfox6598 You need to polish your EQ if you cannot even get my sarcasm.

[@lauralassan8875]

Make some tutorials for kids

[@Temporal.Entity]

Dude! Are you tryin to make reality look shity?! Stop it, I still want to be able to go outside damn it!