probably all since not everyone can attend. I seem to recall all talks like this being available after.
It's a virtual show this year; no one can attend.
GDC presentation typically don't go public cause it is obviously something that you have to buy into. I think you might see a clip afterwards officially though.
Right. Some GDC shows are made available to the public, but only specific ones where the contract allows (often when an actual game product is being promoted and there's a secondary business motive, not a technical breakdown of an engine or a post-mort of a title, and GDC has rights of refusal.)
Also, GDC has its own video streaming service (which user pay for) for off-site users and for watching afterwards. That service is currently the only way to watch these events live, unless the presenter has offsite rights for its presentations (or if they cut their own version of it in-house and post as a separate thing.) Often, if
GDC posts interesting events itself, it's months or years afterwards, as part of a series of services for certain user groups.
That all said...
Unreal has sort of the lead spot of this GDC summer series (there was also a GDC event series in March,) and they may make some of their events public through their own channels. This particular event, and particularly the Alpha Point project since there is audience interest in what The Coalition is doing (and MS could have a win by showing off UE5 on its platform, assuming this demo is built to impress,) may be shown either in a recording or a separate release of a presentation or briefing of the demo.
Or, not.
Officially, "Alpha Point" UE5 Demo: Unlocking Artist Potential (Presented by Epic Games - Unreal Engine) is running today, July 20, at 1:20pm - 2:20pm. It is a
passed event, meaning you need a GDC pass to watch the actual event live. It says it is not being recorded, but that may be GDC's services saying they're not recording it. Epic or The Coalition may be doing its own private recording by right of access.
20th July, 2021 01:20pm - 02:20pm - The Coalition will debut a UE5 Technical Demo “Alpha Point” on Xbox Series X, created to interna...
schedule.gdconf.com
The Coalition will debut a UE5 Technical Demo “Alpha Point” on Xbox Series X, created to internally evaluate UE5. The talk will cover the learnings the team had while creating Nanite-resolution assets and incorporating them into a fully real-time lighting scenario with Lumen and Virtual Shadow Maps. Performance and memory observations will be covered for Xbox Series X and S, as well as VFX, Blueprint, material setup, Temporal Super Resolution, and Virtual Texture findings. The Coalition will also cover some preliminary findings on next-gen character creation and MetaHumans integration, demoing a next-generation character test running on Xbox Series X.
It's possible that a version of this event will show up on the
Unreal Engine Youtube page, however, it probably will not be live (Epic does not have a Live Event to add to your schedule at this time,) and there have already been other Unreal events (including the "Rigging the MetaHumans" event at 9:40AM) that have already run live but are not yet on YT, if they ever will be.
...So, tune in later today if you are interested, but don't be surprised if the demo ultimately is not shown to the public.
