Key Features & Technical Highlights
- Nanite & Lumen: Nanite virtualized micropolygon geometry directly renders millions of polygons without manual LOD baking; Lumen provides fully dynamic real-time global illumination and high-fidelity reflections.
- Open World & Performance: World Partition enables seamless streaming and collaborative large-world creation; Chaos physics engine delivers advanced destruction and simulation; MetaHuman framework facilitates photorealistic digital character authoring.
- Licensing & Royalties: 100% free to develop and evaluate; 5% royalty only applies after a game's lifetime gross revenue exceeds $1,000,000 (0% royalty fee for sales through the Epic Games Store).

