CARY, NC, Aug 11, 2020 – Epic Games released Twinmotion 2020.2, providing significant updates to further enable quick and easy real-time visualization for creators across architecture, design, construction, urban planning, landscaping, and related fields. With the addition of new tools for animation and phasing, more realistic materials and effects, and new animated and smart assets, Twinmotion 2020.2 provides better visual fidelity and interoperability to users than ever before. For a limited time, new users can also take advantage of a 50% pricing discount, receiving a perpetual license for $249 USD (full pricing details below).
New features in Twinmotion 2020.2 include:
Animation and Phasing Tools
Interactive, Parametric Doors: A wide range of new door assets are now available (including single, double, sliding, and pocket) that automatically snap and scale to fit within existing openings, and can be set to automatically open based on the proximity of camera and/or people assets. Additionally, users can select different styles, handles, hinges, and casing, for a broad array of design variations.
Animator Objects: With new Animator objects, users have the ability to easily link any object to a rotation or translation widget in order to animate custom objects such as doors, windows, and elevators. The following presets are included: a children’s roundabout, a lifting barrier, an industrial gate, and a retractable bollard.
Faster, Easier Phasing: A new multi-track timeline-based Phasing tool enables users to more efficiently create phased video of a project’s construction schedule, or to present different variations sequentially.
Tools for Enhanced Realism
More Realistic Water: Twinmotion’s water material has been improved to better reflect changes in depth and to increase the rendering quality, empowering users to create more realistic lakes, ponds, rivers, and pools.
More Realistic Rain and Puddles: Rain generated by Twinmotion’s weather system now makes surfaces appear wetter and forms puddles with greater physical accuracy, letting users simulate more realistic rainy day scenes.
Enhanced Car Material: Car assets included in Twinmotion now have a clear coat effect that depicts more accurate car paint by simulating a layer of varnish applied over a surface.
New and Updated Assets
East Asian Trees: Twinmotion now includes 15 new trees commonly found in China, Japan, and Korea, each with four seasonal and three age options. This enables users in those regions to more accurately reflect the local environment.
New Construction Vehicles: Several existing construction vehicle assets have been replaced in this update with higher-quality versions that feature animated rigs and the option for customization with a company logo.
Customizable Smart Aircraft: Users can tailor new aircraft assets with different colors on different parts, as well as a custom logo. In addition, these aircraft react to the time of day by turning on lights at night.
Pricing and availability
Existing Twinmotion 2020 licensees may download and install Twinmotion 2020.2 as a free upgrade. Now until September 1, 2020, new users may purchase a perpetual license at the discounted price of $249 USD (regional pricing may vary). This pricing includes all subsequent upgrade releases through December 2021. Users may test a free trial version prior to purchasing.
Additionally, a free educational version is available for students and educators.
Please see https://www.unrealengine.com/get-now/twinmotion for a full list of pricing and licensing information.
About Twinmotion
Twinmotion helps visualization professionals in the architecture, construction, urban planning, and landscaping industries better communicate their designs. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Twinmotion delivers real-time, final-quality rendering through a simple and intuitive interface, with the ability to quickly produce a variety of presentation options including images, panoramas, videos, and virtual reality content.
About Unreal Engine
Epic Games’ Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D tool. Creators across games, film, television, architecture, automotive and transportation, advertising, live events, and training and simulation choose Unreal to deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds. For more information, visit unrealengine.com.
About Epic Games
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, NC.