Unreal Engine and Unity are game engines that will be very familiar to regular readers, and these successful tools are used in a vast range of game genres on the PC and beyond. However, due to their utility and flexibility, these 3D game engines are starting to be adopted in businesses far removed from the gaming scene. Today, Nikkei Asia shares some eye-catching examples of innovative game engine use in Japan, ranging from urban redevelopment companies and disaster planning agencies to consumer-facing businesses like the famous Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store.
Game developers have been using Unreal Engine and Unity to model the game worlds of your dreams and nightmares for decades. In that time, these tools have become increasingly broad, yet refined and accurate – designing everything between the magical and the grimly real worlds gamers love to be immersed in. In this context, it is no surprise to see them being leveraged for digital twin-style projects in Japan. Actually, we’ve also seen and heard Nvidia put forward the case for digital twins for a number of years.
