The artist transferred the first technical demo from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5, showing what has changed in 10 years

In 2012, Epic Games released an Elemental tech demo demonstrating the capabilities of the then-new Unreal Engine 4. Ten years later, visual effects artist Dylan Browne updated the video by porting it to Unreal Engine 5.

The video only took a day to complete. In the original version of Elemental the lighting was static, in the new version it is dynamic and processed using Lumen technology.

Elemental on Unreal Engine 4: