{"id":2015350,"date":"2023-03-15T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1016567-4521551.cloudwaysapps.com\/plato-data\/meta-quest-gets-unreal-engine-5-support-minus-two-headlining-features\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:24:16","slug":"meta-quest-gets-unreal-engine-5-support-minus-two-headlining-features","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/plato-data\/meta-quest-gets-unreal-engine-5-support-minus-two-headlining-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1016567-4521551.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meta-quest-gets-unreal-engine-5-support-minus-two-headlining-features.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"> <\/aside>\n<p> <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.0--><\/p>\n<p>Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 for apps built for the Quest platform. Two of the engine\u2019s headlining features aren\u2019t designed for mobile though, so it\u2019s doubtful we we\u2019ll ever see them on Quest.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.oculus.com\/blog\/updates-developers-unreal-engine-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dev blog post<\/a>&nbsp;announcing the news, Meta says developers who choose to work with Epic\u2019s game engine should start thinking about using UE5 for their Quest apps. The company isn\u2019t advising devs to upgrade to UE5 if in the middle of a project though; apps based on UE4 can still be distributed to the Meta Quest Store or App Lab.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the clock is ticking. Meta will support critical bug fixes for UE4 until the end of 2023, although devs can access UE4 resources and documentation on Meta\u2019s GitHub repository even after the support is scaled back.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019d imagine, Meta says the original 2019 Quest won\u2019t be supported\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/meta-retires-quest-social-feature-security-patches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it\u2019s unceremoniously getting pushed off into the sea<\/a>\u2014however the company is slated to provide separate binaries for each device soon, which will allow developers targeting Quest 1 an upgrade path. Notably, OpenXR is the only VR API supported by Meta in UE5.<\/p>\n<h3>No Nanite or Lumen<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, two of the biggest features of Epic\u2019s latest and greatest aren\u2019t coming to the company\u2019s standalone headsets. Released in April 2022, UE5 packs in two new tools called Nanite and Lumen.<\/p>\n<p>Nanite is a&nbsp;virtualized geometry system which uses a new internal mesh format and rendering technology to render pixel scale detail and high object counts.<\/p>\n<p>It&nbsp;essentially works like a continuous Level of Detail (LOD) system that draws detail from the original \u2018master\u2019 3D model. In its <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.unrealengine.com\/5.0\/en-US\/nanite-virtualized-geometry-in-unreal-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developer documentation<\/a>, Epic Games says Nanite can increase an app\u2019s geometry complexity, higher triangle and objects counts by \u201cmultiple orders of magnitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at what Nanite can do for VR games, courtesy of YouTube channel \u2018Smart Poly\u2019:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Lumen, the engine\u2019s new dynamic global lighting system, also makes virtual environments look better, as it can use both software and hardware ray tracing for more realistic lighting.<\/p>\n<p>And why not on Quest 2 or Quest Pro? Nanite and Lumen simply aren\u2019t built to work on mobile processors, and don\u2019t support Android at all.<\/p>\n<p>Nanite is currently supported on a host of devices, including PS5, Xbox Series S|X, and PCs with even the most-humble of Maxwell-generation graphics cards.&nbsp;PS4 and Xbox One also support Nanite, albeit experimentally.<\/p>\n<p>Lumen on the other hand is developed for PS5 and Xbox Series S|X, and high-end PCs. Software ray tracing can be done on NVIDIA GeForce GTX-1070 or higher cards, while hardware ray tracing must be on NVIDIA RTX-2000 series or higher, or AMD RX-6000 series or higher. Not even PS4 or Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Epic says in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.unrealengine.com\/5.0\/en-US\/lumen-technical-details-in-unreal-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lumen\u2019s documentation<\/a> that there are \u201cno plans to develop a dynamic global illumination system for the mobile renderer. Games using dynamic lighting need to use unshadowed Sky Light on mobile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without direct support from Epic, Meta has little other choice. Granted, many VR creators opt to develop in Unity thanks to its relative simplicity for smaller teams and greater overall market share, meaning more assets and general know-how to go around.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"plato-post-bottom-links\">\n<li class=\"plato-post-bottom-link-amplifi\">SEO Powered Content &amp; PR Distribution. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amplifipr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Amplified Today.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"plato-post-bottom-link-platoblockchain\">Platoblockchain. Web3 Metaverse Intelligence. Knowledge Amplified. <a href=\"https:\/\/platoblockchain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access Here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"plato-post-bottom-link-source\"><span>Source:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/meta-quest-unreal-engine-5-support-lumen-nanite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/meta-quest-unreal-engine-5-support-lumen-nanite\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2015351,"template":"Default","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","type":"","auto_type":false,"post":"","stream":"","stream_url":"","waveform_data":[],"duration":0,"start":0,"end":0,"bpm":0,"downloadable":false,"download_url":"","purchase_title":"","purchase_url":"","post-count-all":0,"like_count":0,"download_count":0,"editor_note":"","copyright":"","captions":[],"sources":[]},"genre":[10309],"station_tag":[38012,21579,4241,9410,46185,5062,13775,9160,3880,14279,39830,3761,9161,22928,18340,4721,8619,4604,3821,21335,4291,3989,48551,3718,48552,3683,48553,39877,30993,48554,14383,3684,5355,5458,40004,48555,24510,48563,8891,22344,12939,11474,8692,4375,3830,10528,40051,6978,40937,8880,10958,11927,46660,11604,3769,4248,9482,3896,9092,5069,5773,11046,9081,40585,22089,48094,9366,14017,12360,11107,41776,40311,22700,17031,11930,39858,39955,4382,48556,5175,13776,3902,45073,4566,4072,43533,9229,5646,4074,19651,13102,10094,11488,10525,48062,4425,9740,34654,3801,48800,11038,40184,3650,19265,3953,3733,40133,3653,48564,48558,10732,3703,3654,4659,18101,48580,9875,13214,6003,11042,39875,3658,10001,5176,17419,40185,3961,4094,10997,39917,4660,20482,459,40648,13846,33849,40221,11191,48559,48560,17454,4355,14287,3663,12145,41129,33922,7208,16743,11936,3861,7457,8453,9642,4803,41071,4020,9054,43308,28405,13802,6167,31146,15874,21439,32815,17461,41062,11815,40871,9619,4112,47754,4117,47328,3778,4026,39869,40811,40082,40348,3779,4282,44211,10751,3714,13751,4032,3669,4034,4124,12694,14103,4127,48561,13215,39845,48569,4549,19267,8813,11277,40630,34251,6583,28502,30843,17043,15148,10367,12835,3933,4551,15815,9178,36520,11454,3941,27168,48562,3935,4240,5402,14111,43467,468,14555],"artist":[10455],"mood":[],"activity":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station\/2015350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/station"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=2015350"},{"taxonomy":"station_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station_tag?post=2015350"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=2015350"},{"taxonomy":"mood","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mood?post=2015350"},{"taxonomy":"activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity?post=2015350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}