On: Why Unreal Engine 5.1 is a Deal [video]

[MR4D]

I’m curious what Zuckerberg thinks when he sees things like this compared to Meta’s own attempts. The sheer magnitude of the difference has to make him wonder (and if not, shareholders certainly have!)

[whywhywhywhy → MR4D]

Mark isn’t stupid. His metaverse is specifically targeting lower end hardware so it can run on stand alone headsets and so eventually those headsets can be cheap.

A lot of the earlier PC Oculus UI was unreal engine anyway.

[theptip → whywhywhywhy]

Indeed. Carmack isn’t stupid either, and he is pushing harder than Mark for “more avatars” before “hi res avatars”.

[bergenty → whywhywhywhy]

I know it’s not practical but I wish Oculus had a mode where you could plug it in and the graphics were supercharged.

[andybak → MR4D]

Unreal is a platform for creating applications. The Meta product you refer to is an application built on such platforms (not Unreal in this case).

Meta's app has to run on what is essentially a mobile phone. You can barely run Nanite in VR on desktop let along on a mobile phone.

Not saying Meta's product couldn't be better but we are talking "better like Rec Room" not "better like UE5's best efforts"