Unreal Engine 4


Creating Interactive HUDs for Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4 3

A HUD (head-up display) offers a simple way to communicate and interact in a video game. UE4 (Unreal Engine 4) offers a way to create HUDs through their UMG (Unreal Motion Graphics) system. However, when it comes to Virtual Reality (VR), HUDs need to work differently for it to be […]


7 Tips to Optimizing for Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4

Developing for Virtual Reality (VR) is a new and exciting challenge. Developers are faced with the challenges of the human biology, which was not too apparent in traditional games. A few dropped frames here and there might be forgiven, but not for VR. A few frame drops can make the […]


Tips for Working with Unreal Engine 4, C++, Blueprint, and Virtual Reality 1

Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is great for Virtual Reality (VR) development because it offers those that does know how to code an alternative with its Blueprint (BP) system. BP offers convenience by giving you nodes that you can call for common tasks. For the majority of people, this is enough to […]


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The Components That Makes up a Great Virtual Reality Experience

If you tried your hands on developing for virtual reality (VR), you will notice that it is very different from developing a 2D or 3D game. Many of the practices and techniques do not carry over into VR. VR is still a new platform and developers out there are trying […]


Managing Time Sensitive Events in Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4 1

One of the most challenging aspects of virtual reality (VR) development is meeting the spec requirements with our current level of hardware. VR is resource heavy and may affect the time driven events you are developing in your project. The reason for this is that there are three main ways […]

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Interaction Between Objects in Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4 1

Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is a powerful engine where many amazing games and virtual reality (VR) experiences and games have been developed. An area that differs between VR and traditional games is how interactions between objects are done. For example in VR, you might interact with your head movement and your […]


How to save and load game saves in Unreal Engine 4

Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) packs a lot of features and it can be overwhelming when you are just starting out. For example, UE4 offers a nice system for saving and loading game progress, but it still can be daunting to understand and work with. My goal in this post is […]

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Using HUD in Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4 2

Virtual Reality (VR) game development is much different from regular game development. For example, something like a basic head-up display (HUD) to show some stats would work fine in a regular game, but not in VR. In fact, standard HUD would cause rendering issues because it adds itself to the […]