Visual Realism
Every 3D asset looks near-photorealistic with the UNIGINE image generator due to sophisticated shading and lighting models, accurate atmosphere model, advanced special effects and lifelike post-processing.
When the goal is to make users unable to determine whether the image is real or generated by a computer, UNIGINE 2 is the right technology for that.
Physically Based Rendering
- Support for both specular and metalness workflows
- GGX BRDF: realistic speck from light sources
- Fresnel reflections, reflections on rough surfaces
- Energy conservation model
- Microfiber effect for fabric
- Ultra-quality environment probes
Advanced Design
- Support for different graphical APIs, maximizing the use of each platform's capabilities:
- DirectX
- OpenGL
- Combines advantages of different rendering approaches:
- Deferred (perfect performance with numerous dynamic lights)
- Forward (best-quality transparent objects, other advanced effects)
- Configurable rendering pipeline
- Extendable with custom HLSL/GLSL shaders
Cinematic Post-Effects
- Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA)
- Screen Space Raytracing Reflections (SSRR)
- Per-pixel Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)
- Global illumination simulation via Screen-Space Directional Occlusion (SSDO)
- Per-object motion blur
- Chromatic aberrations
- Grain effect
- Sharpness filter
Atmosphere Model
- Atmospheric light scattering based on Rayleigh and Mie models, with support for physical parameters such as turbidity, altitude, depolarization and more
- Dynamic time-of-day model
- Earth curvature simulation
- Dynamic weather effects, including wind affecting objects, rain, lightning, and snow
- Night sky with the moon and correlated stars
- Volumetric 3D clouds with shadows
Vegetation Rendering
- Excellent rendering of vast, detailed masses of vegetation
- Special materials for trees, grass and moss
- Vegetation animation
Image courtesy of Twinmotion
Geometry Water
- Geometry waves (Beaufort scale 0-12)
- Shoreline simulation
- Ship wake waves
- Underwater mode
- Subsurface light scattering
- Waterline
Sensors
There is real-time sensor effects emulation of optical sensors in the EO or IR passband:
- Thermal
- Enhanced Night Vision
- FLIR