In nuce: Epic Games and Autodesk have announced a strategic collaboration. The aim of this is to “accelerate immersive real-time experiences across all industries, starting with Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)”. The first step in this direction is free access to Twinmotion for Revit customers. Autodesk Revit is software aimed at architects, building services engineers and structural engineers. Twinmotion is a real-time software for architectural visualisation (Digital Production reported on the release of Twinmotion 2021.1 on 12.07.2021).
Epic and Autodesk join forces to accelerate real-time experiences
In toto: The self-promotion also states that the recently released version of Twinmotion enables the rendering of (moving) images with resolutions of up to 64K. It also states that the latest version of Twinmotion includes a new integration with the Sketchfab modelling platform (Digital Production reported on this on 23.07.2021 , when Sketchfab was acquired by Epic Games). Thanks to the Twinmotion Importer plugin, it should be easy for users to transfer assets from Twinmotion to the Unreal Engine. The self-description goes on to say that the aim is to improve workflows for creative professionals by removing barriers between software solutions. In the future, it is planned to extend the strategic collaboration to the media and entertainment (M&E) sector.
Sources: Blog entry on unrealengine.com, announcement on epicgames.com, news on gamesmarkt.de
