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That's the power of Epic Games' deep pockets.

Many people developing UE games need 3D assets, so Epic bought Quixel, a 3D asset store:

http://www.cgchannel.com/2019/11/epic-games-acquires-quixel/

Also people need to share their 3D models for colleagues, marketing, fans, etc. to look at. Quixel was using them internally anyway, so Epic bought Sketchfab:

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/sketchfab-is-now-p...

And people want to create their own 3D assets, so Epic bought the company that Quixel was using for 3D scanning, called Capturing Reality:

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/capturing-reality-...

And now you can go from reality to virtual twin to realtime 3D visualization without ever leaving Epic Games' servers.

> without ever leaving Epic Games' servers

That's probably a major driving point to the strategy after the Xbox Underground hacks.

Fun read of the tale: https://www.blackhatethicalhacking.com/articles/free-access/...

They got into Epic's network and that gave them access to many other companies.

Funny enough it wasn't the Apache simulator stuff that broke the camel's back, but the Gears of War 3 leak and Xbox One prototypes.

I remember the Gears 3 leak and at the time the conspiracies that Microsoft leaked it themselves:

https://kotaku.com/is-this-where-gears-of-war-3-was-leaked-f...

Scannings apps like this already exist though, like Scaniverse (recently acquired by Niantic) and Polycam. Both seem to output higher quality scans than RealityScan:

https://poly.cam/

https://scaniverse.com/

https://usdz.app

People do not realize how big this is going to be - Epic is set up (and already is) to be huge in this space for cinema, TV, gaming, etc.

Anyone remember Epic's early DOS games, like Epic Pinball? How far they've come.

Exactly! At no point while playing ZZT in 1991 did I think "I bet this company is going to dominate the film industry 30 years from now"

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