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Future Realities Summit: Techniques for Efficient Development of VR Games Using Unreal Engine 5

Alexander Silkin  (Founder & CTO, Survios)

Location: Room 301, South Hall

Date: Monday, March 18

Time: 3:50 pm - 4:20 pm

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass - Get your pass now!

Topic: VR/AR

Format: Session

Vault Recording: Video

Audience Level: All

The presentation covers current Survios recommendations for system implementation and development practices when making modern Unreal Engine 5 VR games. Survios is utilizing these techniques to develop an upcoming VR game based on the Alien franchise.

Alex Silkin shares details of how Survios has evolved their practices over the development of shipped Unreal Engine 4 VR games such as Raw Data, Sprint Vector, Creed: Rise to Glory and Walking Dead Onslaught. The session describes solutions to the problems Survios has encountered during the production of these first generation VR titles. Alex also shares how Survios has adapted its codebase to new frameworks in Unreal Engine 5, such as Gameplay Ability System and Enhanced Input.

Takeaway

Attendees will learn how to build a generic reusable architecture and adapt development practices that will scale across all their VR products.

Intended Audience

This talk is for developers wishing to develop a current generation VR game. The presentation's content is in the context of Unreal Engine development, but there is some applicable advice for all engines.



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