Unity vs. Unreal Engine: Which Is Better for XR Development

Post by thedaemon » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 3:27 PM UTC

Post by moretai » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 5:51 PM UTC

selman89 wrote: post #11

g82918 wrote: post #4

Last month I was attempting a game in Unreal Engine for fun. The article does a decent job describing some of the problems. I know C++ and use C++17 at my job, so it wasn't an issue. One minor point is that Unity just tends to work. Unreal engine has some odd bugs some times and the lack of community I think is a huge downside. I have made a few games in Unity and it is a lot easier to find help and free support.

Unity “just tends to work” for Hello Worlds and other hobby-size projects, but when you start building up components and relying on it’s lighting system, for example, to cooperate with you, trouble is inevitable. Unreal has a better rendering system in my experience, and although this mostly matters for realism, it can also be very valuable in other situations.

Post by thedaemon » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 7:11 PM UTC

m-p-3 wrote: post #13

thedaemon wrote: post #12

Can someone please tell me what XR means? It's not defined in the article. I'm guessing something to do with VR but it's not clear.

X is simply a wildcard for the V and A in VR and AR.

Post by barbelldan » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 7:51 PM UTC

selman89 wrote: post #11

g82918 wrote: post #4

Last month I was attempting a game in Unreal Engine for fun. The article does a decent job describing some of the problems. I know C++ and use C++17 at my job, so it wasn't an issue. One minor point is that Unity just tends to work. Unreal engine has some odd bugs some times and the lack of community I think is a huge downside. I have made a few games in Unity and it is a lot easier to find help and free support.

Unity “just tends to work” for Hello Worlds and other hobby-size projects, but when you start building up components and relying on it’s lighting system, for example, to cooperate with you, trouble is inevitable. Unreal has a better rendering system in my experience, and although this mostly matters for realism, it can also be very valuable in other situations.

Post by rasz » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 9:11 PM UTC

g82918 wrote: post #4

Last month I was attempting a game in Unreal Engine for fun. The article does a decent job describing some of the problems. I know C++ and use C++17 at my job, so it wasn't an issue. One minor point is that Unity just tends to work. Unreal engine has some odd bugs some times and the lack of community I think is a huge downside. I have made a few games in Unity and it is a lot easier to find help and free support.