INDEPENDENT GAME: Endling by Herobeat Studios - Website

INDEPENDENT GAME: Towers by Dreamlit Games - Website

INDEPENDENT GAME: Infinitesimals by Cubit Studios - Website

INDEPENDENT GAME: Omno by StudioInkyFox - Website

TOOLS AND OPEN-SOURCE: Dust3D by Jeremy HU - Website

TOOLS AND OPEN SOURCE: Promethean AI - Website

ENTERPRISE: AR Interactive books by ScienceViz Studio - Website

TOOLS AND OPEN-SOURCE: ILIAD by Praxinos - Website

EDUCATION: Charisma VR by The University of Texas at Dallas - Brain Performance Institute - Website

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT: UE4 Cinematic Animated Shorts Pipeline by e→d films - Website

ENTERPRISE: Virteasy Dental by HRV Simulation - Website

We are happy to share that as of today, Epic Games has awarded more than $13 million dollars of financial support to more than 200 recipients as part of the company’s $100 million Epic MegaGrants program. The initial series of funds disbursed marks a record for Epic’s grant commitments, officially surpassing the four-year distributed total of the initiative’s predecessor—Unreal Dev Grants—in eight months.“Through Epic MegaGrants we’re supporting developers and tool creators at an unprecedented level, empowering talented teams and individuals to more easily realize their artistic and technical ambitions,” said Marc Petit, General Manager, Unreal Engine, Epic Games.Epic MegaGrants typically range from $5,000 to $500,000 and cover a variety of endeavors to further ignite creativity and technological advancement within the 3D graphics community. Earlier this year Epic announced $1.2 million dollars in financial support over a three-year period to the free and open source 3D creation suite Blender, marking the largest singular grant in the initiative’s history.Launched in March 2019, Epic MegaGrants is designed to service and assist game developers, enterprise professionals, media and entertainment creators, students, educators, and tool developers doing outstanding work with Unreal Engine or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community.Here is a short selection of recipients who have agreed to have their projects showcased, followed by a list of publicly-announced recipients at the bottom:From Spanish developers Herobeat Studios, Endling is a stylized 3D sidescroller with an environmental message at its core. Playing as one of the last foxes on Earth, explore a ravaged dystopian future and guide your litter to safety as you survive the destruction left behind by humanity. Feed, teach, and care for your three cubs as you search for safety. Endling is set to pounce onto PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch soon, but you can add it to your wishlist today on Steam Dreamlit Games captures imaginations with their visually stunning multiplayer open-world project Towers. Developed by a six-person team over the course of just 12 months, the prototype envisions a vibrant, living environment that invites players to explore, build, and defend together at an epic scale. Follow Towers throughout its development to learn more about its rich and responsive world.Infinitesimals is a third-person sci-fi adventure that plays with perspective, placing you in the (very tiny) boots of an alien species scaled at only fractions of an inch. Marooned in the wilderness of Earth, overcome the wilderness, insects, and other unexpected threats as you search the landscape for valuable resources. Follow the development of Infinitesimals on Twitter , where Cubit Studios share regular updates.Created by just a single developer, Omno is an upcoming third-person adventure that invites you to get lost in its varied and atmospheric landscapes. Journey through rolling dunes, ethereal clouds, and lush forests as you solve puzzles in an attempt to uncover the mysteries of a civilization lost to time. What secrets have been forgotten and what friends have you yet to find? Discover the answers to these questions and more in 2020 when Omno arrives on Steam Dust3D is a free and fully open source 3D modeling application that accelerates pipelines and allows for the creation of assets with texture and rigging automatically generated. It’s very intuitive and features auto UV unwrapping, auto-rigging, PBR Material support, as well as pose and motion authoring.Promethean AI aims to redefine how users build, interact with, and express themselves in virtual worlds, all with a click of a button. Semantically aware, Promethean AI is a standalone application, compatible with most modern 3D renderers, that is able to populate entire scenes based on just a few simple inquiries or directives. In combination with robust asset management features revealed earlier in 2019, Promethean AI allows creators to do more of what they love; create.ScienceViz Studio is augmenting the way we communicate science through AR Interactive Books. Using just phones, tablets or ARGlasses visualize and interact with 3D objects, creating scientific illustrations that more easily convey complex concepts. AR Interactive books are a powerful tool that aids researchers and education professionals in bridging the learning gap through immersion.An acronym for "Intelligent Layered Imaging Architecture for Drawing", ILIAD brings drawing capabilities directly into Unreal Engine, enabling users to edit textures in engine, in real-time. Users can create unique brushes, palettes, layers, as well as a range of other common classic painting tools, all with Blueprints. ILIAD is also compatible with Ink-based tablets and Wacom tablets.The University of Texas at Dallas - Brain Performance Institute is making social training accessible through the immersive nature of virtual reality. BPI has developed has created authentic virtual environments where users can interact with clinicians live online and receive dynamic social coaching from the comfort of their own home. Users can experience and prepare for real-life social scenarios by communicating with avatars driven by trained social coaches.Award-winning animation studio e→d films are known for creating thought-provoking, innovative short films that blend expert techniques with modern technology. Master storytellers in their own right, the Montreal-based team has been experimenting with real-time engines for half a decade to produce new forms of beautiful cultural and educational content.Developed in partnership with the University of Sheffield, Virteasy Dental trains students for real-world procedures before patients even sit in the chair. Mixing interactive simulations, powered by Unreal Engine, with the use of a haptic arm, students are able to not only replicate, but simulate through feeling what it feels like to work on teeth. With live educational installations in Spain, China, and Ukraine, Virteasy Dental aims to revolutionize the dental curriculum.--Here is a full list of Epic MegaGrant recipients that have agreed to be part of this announcement:Beijing Flow Interactive Technology Co., Ltd.Earnest Pictures - JeffreyFIR - Haskell to SPIR-V compiler for shadersGreen Light Go - Psydekick Science KitJoey Campbell - Immersive WellnessModel HavenPipeworks Studio - The Night TerrorsSenscape — ASYLUMStudio Red & Black LLC (dba Othereal)Takayuki KondoWolfgang Hohl - Game-based Learning | Educational Research Papers--Join the conversation on social at @UnrealEngine and #EpicMegaGrants For more information about Epic MegaGrants, visit unrealengine.com/megagrants