Epic Games Releases Unreal Engine 5.9 Preview with Unreal Canvas
Epic Games released the preview version of Unreal Engine 5.9 on November 9.
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Why it matters
Epic built the preview mainly with AI and shipped it in about a week to be ready for the Epic AI MegaJam starting November 12, which puts the company's own AI-assisted workflow on display alongside the tools it is handing to developers.
Key Facts
- Epic Games released the preview version of Unreal Engine 5.9 on November 9.
- Unreal Canvas is an experimental feature that generates images, videos, and 3D meshes from text instructions, reference images, and scenes in progress.
- Unreal Assistant added a feature to hand off work to external agents and a feature to set the range in which it can operate autonomously.
- Epic says it spent about one week porting AI tools developed for UE6 to prepare for the Epic AI MegaJam starting November 12.
- Epic recommends trying the preview with a copy of an existing project because the quality confirmation period was shorter than usual.
The preview expands the AI tools introduced in version 5.8, adding more editor actions for AI agents, a handoff feature for Unreal Assistant, and an experimental Unreal Canvas that generates images, videos, and 3D meshes from text, reference images, and scenes in progress.
Unreal Canvas runs in a web app or a dedicated tab in Unreal Editor. Epic says generated meshes and similar assets may need touch-ups, and it advises checking content rights, provenance indications, the terms of the services used, and data handling before putting them into production.
The preview was built mainly using AI. Epic says it spent about one week porting AI tools developed for UE6 and implementing features for running games in web browsers, with human engineers writing instructions, checking content, and running tests. Because the quality confirmation period was shorter than usual, Epic recommends trying the preview with a copy of an existing project.
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