UE4 “Zen Garden” using Metal API for iOS 8 revealed at WWDC

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We’ll release the Metal code in GitHub as soon as the Apple code NDA’s are lifted, and it will subsequently be available through the launcher in the next UE4 release to follow. We are guessing the GitHub release will coincide with the public release of iOS 8, and we’ll let everyone know if there is an opportunity to release it earlier.

We’re really excited about the things Metal makes possible as a result of its 10x increase in the CPU efficiency of rendering. It really blurs the line between what’s possible on high-end computers and iPhone/iPad!

Awesome work!

It’s kind of a shame this is limited to iOS though, rather than superior game platforms - would be nice to see a consistent way to do this between NVIDIA/AMD on PCs.

Tablet/phone gaming isn’t that interesting to me, personally.