New Sky and atmosphere system in Unreal Engine

This hands-on presentation by Epic's Sjoerd De Jong explores the Sky Atmosphere system in Unreal Engine. Starting off with the basics, viewers learn how to render a beautiful and fully dynamic sky within seconds.

From there, the session showcases how to create alien, dusty, or wet atmospheres, after which viewers will be taken all the way up into space to witness how atmosphere rendering is altered depending on altitude. Finally, explore the powerful Material Editor integration and how it can be used to create different kinds of sky styles, wrapping up with a brief look at the engine’s upcoming volumetric cloud features.