The Coalition is set to show off an Unreal Engine 5 demo next week as part of GDC, but ahead of that event, the team has shared the first image of it - captured on an Xbox Series X.
Ahead of debuting Alpha Point, the name of The Coalition's Unreal Engine 5 demo, an updated listing on the Unreal Engine site gives us a gorgeous first look at an in-engine screenshot. This won't be a showcase of an upcoming game, but rather a technical demonstration of what the team has learned working with Unreal Engine 5 so far, and how they can push graphics even further on next-gen systems.
It was revealed back in May that The Coalition would be moving to Unreal Engine 5, and this presentation is said to "evaluate UE5 on the Xbox Series X/S", along with the team sharing thoughts on how "performance and memory stacks up in Xbox Series X and S-style production environments."
"Catch the public debut of Alpha Point, a UE5 technical demo created by The Coalition to evaluate UE5 on the Xbox Series X/S. Hear what the team learned as they tested internal Nanite assets in Lumen-driven lighting scenarios, as well as their thoughts on how UE5’s performance and memory stacks up in Xbox Series X and S-style production environments."
If you want to see the full public showing of Alpha Point, it's set to air on July 20 at 1:20pm PT / 4:20pm ET / 9:20pm BST. Unfortunately, it looks as though you'll need to be a GDC attendee to view the presentation, with entry prices beginning from $249. That said, the footage may be posted publicly after the event, so we'll be sure to share it if so.
Again, don't go in expecting any game announcements or footage of the new Gears entry, but rather a technical discussion and a visually pleasing demo showcasing the potential of Unreal Engine 5 for Xbox Series X.
Will you be tuning into the Alpha Point demonstration? Drop us a comment and let us know.
[source unrealengine.com]
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Looking forward to a 4k HDR video turning up on YouTube. The ps5 tech demo impressed last year, (this one obviously different!)
There's a LOT of super impressive UE5 demos on YouTube, often by one artist/dev, but they mostly run on exceptionally high-end PC's (3090 etc.). I'm very interested to see what a professional team can do especially on Xbox console. Hopefully this is made public and not just locked to GDC.
Kind of tired of seeing temples and rocks with UE5 demos done by professional studios.
I hope there is some kind of a organic matter section in this Alpha Point demo.
Regardless, I can't wait to see how The Coalition is handling UE5 on Series X.
@GamingFan4Lyf But they the best rocks!
Should be a visual treat. Could this be there next game? As was the 1st gears when they demoed it back then.
Not really impressed by Screen shots - any image can look 'better' or 'worse' in a still than they look in motion so I couldn't care less. With reconstruction techniques, if you stay still long enough, the reconstruction can look the same as 4k but break down a bit in motion revealing reconstruction artefacts.
I have watched a LOT of UE5 hands on from Devs playing around, as well as numerous UE5 tech video's too and this image is very typical of a lot of the 'creations'.
I hope that GDC will put the show up on their youtube at some point in the near future - although I very much doubt it will be up within 24hrs. Anyway, still interested to hear what they think too
Is this photo/tech demo, strictly using ue5 only? Or is this incorporating the new AMD FidelityFX or microsoft’s Direct Machine Learning (DirectML API)? If not, things COULD be better, eventually?
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