In recent years, the domestic game market has experienced explosive growth. With the emergence of e-sports mobile games and the continuous growth of professional players, game development and "Unity & Unreal Engine" have become topics of discussion for many people after dinner. More and more young people want to To learn this skill, and then enter the game industry.
So the question is, what else can a game engine do besides developing games? What industries can I choose to work in after learning "Unity & Unreal Engine"? Today I will bring the official information to help you answer it.
Introduction to Unity & Unreal Engine
Unity engine and Unreal engine are currently the most popular out-of-the-box engines in China. They have the same product line goals and a large number of technical cross-developer reserves. They are the best choice for rapid production of games in China.
The Unity engine entered the Chinese people's field of vision earlier. Because of its fast, simple and mature, 80% of domestic game development companies currently use the Unity engine. But with the entry of Unreal Engine, the Unity engine is no longer the only 3D engine choice in China. Unreal Engine has better rendering effects, a more efficient design language, and a more complete tool chain, and is gradually being used by more development companies.
Unreal Engine - Applications
1. Game industry
As a real-time interactive rendering engine, Unreal Engine is easy to play games! The popular games developed and launched by it include PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds), Peace Elite, Dragon Fantasy, Under the Great Picture, Iron Fist, Octopath Traveler, etc. Unreal Engine provides stable engine technical support based on its years of game product development accumulation. There are popular products on many game platforms, so that they are trusted by more developers. Among the users of Unreal Engine, Chinese people occupy the second place in the world, and Tencent accounts for 48.2% of Unreal Engine.
2. Purchase video
Buying video is a kind of video advertisement that is used to attract product users in recent years. The difference from traditional advertising is that buying video is more for game products, and usually uses cool effects to attract users to click on the advertisement, so as to achieve drainage. We often see purchased videos on various APP homepages, video website pause pages, and website advertisement sidebars. Due to its complete tool chain that is super easy to use and can efficiently produce related video products, Unreal Engine is adopted by companies that currently produce mass-market videos.
3. Video synthesis (virtual shooting)
Virtual shooting is a technical solution that synthesizes virtual 3D scenes and real shooting. It is widely used in advertising, film and television, live TV and other fields. The disadvantage of traditional compositing is that it needs to be shot first, and the composite can only be completed in the later stage. The compositing action lags behind, which often leads to poor shooting effects and high adjustment costs. With the help of its powerful rendering capabilities and fast iteration capabilities, Unreal Engine builds ultra-realistic scenes, making scene construction and rendering no longer a matter of waiting. Real-time effect synthesis can be completed to create ultra-realistic scenes, which greatly improves the production efficiency of products.
4. Broadcast and Live
Mix live performances with CG anywhere, whether you're in the studio, in the cloud, or in a foreign land. Whether you need hyper-realism or wild stylized effects, Unreal Engine is plug-and-play , a quick build.
5. Construction industry
Through the combination of TWinmotion depth and engine, the construction of architectural scenes is more efficient and simple, and it becomes possible to realize the real-time architectural visualization of the whole process anytime and anywhere. Unreal Engine makes it easy to import high-fidelity data from a variety of 3D, CAD, and BIM applications, so you can start building immersive experiences right away. It's ready for big design needs and has an astonishing level of realism, allowing users to easily realize their wildest visions on the taxi ride to the show site.
6. Digital Human
Digital human refers to the fusion product of digital information and life science, and is an inevitable product in the process of digitization. Unreal Engine is very advanced in the field of digital humans. By using Unreal Engine's efficient rendering methods and real-time capture technology, it converts human facial data information into driving model expression and motion data. So as to achieve ultra-realistic virtual character construction. In the future world, digital humans will become the core technology in fields including live broadcast, film and television, media, games, and virtual reality.
7. Training and Simulation
Prepare for the unexpected, prevent life-threatening accidents, and train in the most realistic scenarios. With Unreal Engine, whether you need to train humans or machines, analyze new equipment, or evaluate future decisions, you can communicate exactly what you want with just a few mouse clicks. Unreal Engine gives you the high-fidelity graphics and control you need.
Unity engine - application field
1. Game industry
Whether you're a programmer or artist, an independent producer, or part of a large team, you can create games with Unity. 3D games are one of the important application directions of the Unity game engine. From the initial word games to 2D games, 3D games, and then to online 3D games, the game maintains real-time and interactivity while maintaining its realism and immersion. constantly improving and strengthening. With the rapid development of 3D technology and the continuous improvement of hardware and software technology, in the near future, 3D virtual reality games will definitely become the application direction of the mainstream game market.
2. Animation industry
From independent "boutique houses" to global media producers, studios around the world are harnessing the power of real-time rendering to accelerate production, resolve workflow hurdles, and boost creativity with Unity. The use of Unity in the animation industry is a matter of survival, not choice. In addition to saving budget, animation assets can be reused for various purposes in Unity. What used to be a single animation scene asset can now be used in multiple scenes in a project, even extending their use to games and various other media.
3. Industry
Today's world industry has undergone tremendous changes, and the application of advanced science and technology has shown great power. The Unity3D engine has been widely used in various aspects of industrial simulation by some large enterprises in the world, and it has played an important role in improving development efficiency, strengthening data collection, analysis, and processing capabilities, reducing decision-making errors, and reducing enterprise risks.
4. Holographic projection
Holographic projection technology is a kind of 3D technology, which originally refers to the technology of recording and reproducing the real three-dimensional image of an object by using the principle of interference. Later, with the guidance of sci-fi movies and commercial promotion, the concept of holographic projection gradually extended to commercial activities such as stage performances and exhibitions. Due to its powerful 3D rendering and interactive functions, the Unity engine has increasingly become a favorite auxiliary tool for developers in the development of holographic projection projects.
5. Virtual reality
The Unity engine can realize virtual interior design effects, it is not only a presentation medium, but also a design tool. It reflects the designer's thoughts in a visual form. Before decorating a house, the first thing to do is to carefully conceive the structure and shape of the house. In order to make it quantitative, it is necessary to design many drawings, of course, these drawings can only be read by experts. Virtual interior design can turn this idea into a visible virtual object and environment, and upgrade the traditional design mode to the perfect state of digital WYSIWYG, greatly improving the quality and efficiency of design and planning.
Facts have proved that Unity & Unreal Engine can not only be used for game development, but their wide application has penetrated into every day of our lives, from games to stages, from architecture to industry, as well as automobile transportation, AI artificial intelligence, VR/AR/ MR, military, medical, virtual shooting, live broadcasting, advertising media, dynamic exhibition halls and other fields show their existence everywhere.