Vegetation plays a huge role in different scenarios: outdoor scenes, architectural visualization, and even aircraft simulations. In UNIGINE 2.8, we introduced a number of improvements to our greenery look more immersive and convincing. Here we’d like to share our progress on the visual quality of vegetation objects: trees, bushes, grass, etc.

• Better Impostors with Depth Texture
• Updated Subsurface Scattering (SSS) for Leaves and Grass
• Natural Tree Topology with Angle Fade and Rotate Normals Options
• Improved Anti-Aliasing

Check the video preview from the upcoming demo and see a short breakdown of the latest features!

Unlike many other engines using third-party solutions, UNIGINE has its own built-in physics module. It is capable of simulating different types of physical interactions and impacts. The module provides support for gravity and collision detection, friction and bouncing, buoyancy and two-way water interaction, joints with motors and springs, procedural destruction, external physical forces, etc. Moreover, thanks to the support of double precision coordinates, planet-scale virtual worlds with correct physics can be created.

Check out our new detailed video tutorial and learn how to create dynamic physical objects and empower your virtual worlds with life-like physical effects.

UNIGINE team visited the world’s largest aerospace event — International Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget from 17 to 23 June 2019. This 53rd Salon traditionally gathered participants from worldwide aerospace industry who represented their innovative technological solutions.This year the event was the biggest ever and welcomed a record number of exhibitors and visitors.

We know that lifelike-looking and physically correct water simulation with complex behaviour is crucial for many projects. That’s why UNIGINE provides geometry waves with a correct Beaufort scale 0-12, ship wake waves, caustics effect, shoreline simulation, and underwater mode out-of-the-box.

Moreover, we are going to introduce the real-scale round planet Earth solution soon with bathymetric data added, therefore, physics simulation in UNIGINE is as close to reality as possible.

Check out our new detailed tutorial covering the basics of creating lifelike water in UNIGINE. Learn all the available features, options, and effects, visualize a realistic virtual environment, and raise your simulator to a new level of immersion!

UNIGINE SDK 2.8 has been released! We continue to push the boundaries of visual realism with the latest rendering improvements. And a huge pack of various features and updates have contributed to overall engine performance improvement and reduction of spikes.

Key Changes

• Redesigned asynchronous data streaming to.
• Improved utilization of multiple CPU cores throughout the engine.
• Cached shadows optimization.
• Various vegetation improvements.
• Better reflections with additive blending and occlusion clipping.
• UnigineEditor’s transformation.
• Major IG Template update.

These and other updates are already available.

UNIGINE team recently came back from the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2019 held in March 26-30 in Malaysia. LIMA is well-known for the largest show of its kind within the Asia Pacific region. This year it attracted participants from Australia, Belarus, China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the U.S.

One of our valuable customers Ikramatic Systems SDN BHD demonstrated its simulation solutions powered by UNIGINE SDK for pilots training. The company has developed several flight simulators for the Government of Malaysia including helicopters and fighter jets. At LIMA they introduced a Flight Training Device (FTD) based on Swiss made Pilatus PC-7 trainer aircraft designed to meet FTD Level 7 of FAA Standard. The system comes with full-sized PC7 cockpit and 5-channel visual system covering 256° x 40° field of view.

According to general estimates, autonomous vehicles will become a part of our common landscape by the early 2020s. Big companies and start-ups are involved in the rapid race for flying cars to provide the best solutions.