As The Witcher 4 fully moves to Unreal Engine 5, this highly anticipated open-world RPG is ushering in a technological innovation.From the initially disclosed technical demo, players have initially felt the visual impact that Unreal 5 engine can bring.The official "The Witcher" seems to be intending to gradually disclose the key details of these changes.Recently, the official promotion has focused on one of the technological breakthroughs - Nanite Foliage technology, and further demonstrated its profound impact on the game world's expressiveness through a brand new video.

In this video, players can deeply observe the details of the forest scene: every leaf and every pine needle are carefully modeled by the artist, and with the help of the Nanite adaptive voxel display technology of the Unreal 5 engine, it presents a realistic sense of volume and three-dimensional effect.The light passes through the gaps between the branches and leaves and falls on the ground. The vegetation changes in the shadows as the wind swings. The whole picture is as vivid and layered as a real forest.

According to the development team, Nanite Foliage not only achieves high-fidelity visual performance, but also performs excellently in performance optimization.Thanks to the underlying rendering mechanism of Unreal 5, the scene can be rendered quickly without sacrificing frame rate, keeping it running smoothly, and responding to light and shadows in real time, making the entire game world more immersive.

This is not the first time that the Witcher has officially introduced the technological innovation brought by Unreal 5.In previous presentations, the development team used the "horse" as an example to introduce dynamic muscle simulations achieved with the Unreal Chaos flesh solver and machine learning deformation system - including the physical effect of the muscles naturally stretching under the skin when they run or turn.These seemingly tiny details reflect CD Projekt RED's strict pursuit of character animation and biological structure.

With the powerful capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, "The Witcher 4" is gradually building a more realistic, three-dimensional and immersive fantasy world.As more technical details are gradually released, players' expectations for this sequel are gradually transforming into a new imagination of the future Middle-earth world.

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