Unreal Engine 4.27 Expands Virtual Production and Pixel Streaming

Unreal Engine 4.27 updated in-camera VFX, GPU Lightmass, Pixel Streaming, OpenXR, Datasmith and integrated compression and video codecs.

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Epic Games released Unreal Engine 4.27 with updates spanning virtual production, rendering, streaming and data exchange.

Key additions and improvements included:

  • Updates to the in-camera visual-effects toolset
  • GPU Lightmass improvements for faster light baking
  • Integration of the Oodle compression suite and Bink video codecs for use with Unreal Engine
  • Higher-quality Pixel Streaming and OpenXR support
  • Datasmith workflow upgrades

Historical release notes were published by Epic Games.

Unreal Engine 4.27 Feature Highlights