BMW Driving Simulator - Powered by Unreal Engine

Explore BMW's cutting-edge driving simulation center in this 39-minute conference talk from Unreal Fest 2024. Dive into the world's most advanced and diverse automotive simulation facility, featuring over 14 simulators and usability labs. Learn how BMW Group leverages these tools to simulate and test future product requirements under realistic conditions. Discover the company's journey in adopting Unreal Engine for visualization capabilities, including key learnings and highlights. Gain insights into customer-centric development, various use cases, driving dynamics, tire simulation, and the simulation software architecture. Understand the motivations behind BMW's technological shift, improvements made, and the development team's approach. Get a glimpse of the hardware architecture and future plans, including the integration of mass entities and metahumans in their simulations.

Intro
BMW Simulation Center
CustomerCentric Development
Simulators
Visualization
Use Cases
Driving Dynamics
Tires
Simulation Software
Unreal Engine
Motivation
Improvements
Development Team
Hardware Architecture
Whats Next
Mass Entity
Metahumans