“When you’re standing on a mountaintop, looking out into the distance, you’re seeing the effect of trillions of leaves of trees. In the aggregate, they don’t behave as ordinary solid objects.”
– Epic Games CEO
Tim Sweeney, describing how making videogames and
Unreal Engine have changed his perception of nature. The central subject in
Anna Wiener’s feature on the increasing prominence of simulation in culture and industry, Sweeney provides insight into the state of videogame engines—and what the future holds.
