A guide on optimizing 3D models, materials, textures, lighting, and rendering for VR architectural visualization using Unreal Engine and deploying on Meta Quest.
Unreal Engine Pixel Streaming on AWS
Unreal Engine Pixel Streaming on AWS. Pixel Streaming allows users to interact with Unreal Engine apps through the web browser. No need to install anything on desktop or mobile. Just send a web link to someone.
3D Geospatial Landscapes with Cesium for Unreal Engine
I experimented with 3D geospatial landscapes using the Cesium for Unreal plugin. Here’s a quick guide on how I set up the terrain, lighting, atmosphere, clouds, and post-processing.
Recommended Unity / Unreal Dev YouTube Channels
A list of Unity and Unreal YouTube channels that discuss intermediate-advanced topics often not covered by other more popular channels.
Circuits & Shields – Graphics Optimization
I worked on Circuits & Shields, a UE4 MOBA game, as a freelance Developer in charge of environment optimization to achieve target frame rate.
Palm Tree Forest (Work-in-Progress)
Work-in-progress. Currently studying the Procedural Foliage tool and Volumetric Fog. Still need to add some variation on the trees.
Materialize Effect – Unreal Engine
Had some time to study some shader effects. I used BoxMasking and Blueprints to control the opacity of the material based on certain parameters. The environment and the car were created by UE4Arch.com.
Ultraball – 3D Environment Art
I worked as a freelance 3D Environment Artist on during the early stages of Ultraball, a multiplayer sci-fi Rugby game.
Aincrad (Sword Art Online) – Unreal Engine
My attempt to create the floating castle of Aincrad from Sword Art Online in Unreal Engine. The clouds were created using a combination of TrueSky plugin and cloud cards.
New Earth – Unreal Engine
A space habitat interior room I created in UE4 based on a concept by Tom Schreurs. My goal was to improve my lighting setup and material creation in UE4.
Dubai – A Study on Volumetric Clouds
A study on creating volumetric clouds in Unreal Engine. I was really fascinated by the weather phenomenon in Dubai. I used TrueSky plugin to simulate the fog. The skyscraper models came from a library of 3D buildings available ontline.
Earth Hologram – Unreal Engine
A quick study on materials and shaders in Unreal Engine. Based on a workflow by Richard Rude. Featured in 80 Level.
Sector 1 – Unreal Engine
Sector 1, a sci-fi passage in Unreal Engine based on a concept by Pene Menn. Textured in Substance Painter. Creating this scene was a great opportunity to my workflow on sci-fi scene creation.
Sci-Fi Control Panel – Substance Designer
Sci-Fi Control Panel based on a concept by Jeremy Love. Created entirely in Substance Designer. Rendered in Marmoset Toolbag.
White Tower – Unreal Engine
A fantasy castle I created in Unreal Engine based on a concept by SnowSkadi. My was to learn how to use the fog system. Featured in 80 Level.
Unreal Engine Interior Lighting Study
My first attempt in using Unreal Engine. I decided to make a simple static scene based on a real-world Italian mansion.