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Welcome to the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Creating a Magical Orb in Unreal Engine with Niagara! In this tutorial, you'll dive into the world of visual effects as you learn to design and animate a stunning magical orb using Unreal Engine's powerful Niagara system. Perfect for VFX enthusiasts and beginners alike, this guide will equip you with essential techniques to elevate your game visuals. Join us and discover how to create captivating effects that will bring your projects to life! FAB - https://www.fab.com/sellers/CGHOW Whatsapp - https://bit.ly/3LYvxjK Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/Ashif Twitter - https://twitter.com/cghow_ 👉👉 If you Liked it - http://bit.ly/2UZmiZ4 Channel Ashif - http://bit.ly/3aYaniw Visit - https://cghow.com/ Gumroad - https://cghow.gumroad.com/ #cghow #UE5 #UE4Niagara #gamefx #ue5niagara #ue4vfx #niagara #unrealengine #realtimevfx

Hey folks! In this video, I'm walking you through my go-to rendering settings in the Project Settings tab of Unreal Engine 5.5. These settings help ensure optimal performance and stunning visuals, whether you're working on cinematics, game environments, or real-time rendering. We’ll go over settings like: ✅ Virtual Textures ✅ Lumen Configuration ✅ Ray Tracing Options ✅ MegaLumen Support ✅ Disabling Static Lighting for Dynamic Scenes These are the exact tweaks I use for my own cinematic projects, and they'll help you get better lighting, reflections, and overall rendering quality. Want to learn more about lighting or render passes? Check out my other tutorial on rendering separate layers with stencil passes here → https://youtu.be/MNcGqYYSs20 Characters & Assets Used: Spartan Warrior Character: https://www.fab.com/listings/367ebfa4-b81f-4b0a-bb78-d30ffeffd4c4 Skeleton Knights Pack: https://www.fab.com/listings/fc3a309a-a3eb-46de-bebe-dcb40dc31e48 Mountain Castle Environment: https://www.fab.com/listings/63edad33-1a18-4abb-a23f-d2df72c4e73b If you found this helpful, drop a like, comment your favorite tip, and hit that subscribe button for more Unreal Engine tips & cinematic workflows! #UnrealEngine #UE5Rendering #UE5Tips #VirtualProduction #Cinematics

News Health & Medicine Clinical trials face uncertain futures amid Trump cuts Research on COVID-19 and sexual and maternal health are among the trials taking a hit In late March, NIH suspended funding for two clinical trials investigating how to better protect organ transplant recipients from COVID-19. The money is needed to complete the data analyses. DeSid/Getty Images By McKenzie Prillaman 1 hour ago For kidney transplant recipient Janet Handal, the recent push to phase out COVID-19 research could have a deadly outcome.  In early 2021, Handal participated in a study that found almost half of organ transplant recipients had no immune response to two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The finding came at a time when most people were celebrating that two shots could help them safely re-enter the world. “For people that are immunocompromised [from] the treatments, [the vaccines] don’t have the same effect,” says Handal, president and cofounder of the Transplant Recipients and Immunocompromised Patient Advocacy Group. The drugs that prevent their bodies from rejecting foreign organs interfere with the protective responses typically elicited by the jabs. Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

Nature, Published online: 17 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01198-6Study finds dozens of journals that have hiked their fees and started churning out papers after being acquired by small, recently formed companies.

The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, scientists have an explanation that involves the sea drying up.

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Instagram's 'Blend' feature began rolling out to users on Thursday as a new co-operative feed for users. The photo and video sharing service says that the new feature works privately like direct messages (DM), and users can invite their friends to join a blend. Once a user accepts a blend request, Instagram will automatically recommend Reels for both users as part of an ongoing feed, using the service's algorithm. These recommendations are unique to blend members and are based on users' activity on the platform.Instagram Blend Offers Invite-Only Access to Co-Operative FeedThe company spent over a year testing the blend feature on Instagram before it was launched on Thursday. It was first spotted on Instagram in March 2024, and the platform expanded availability to more users over the past few months. Gadgets 360 was able to test out the feature before the platform announced the rollout.The blend feature on Instagram (tap to expand)Instagram says a blend is an invite-only feed that allows users to see a customised feed of Reels via a DM chat. This feed is personalised for each other, based on their activity on Instagram. Users need to invite a friend to join a blend. Once a request is accepted, any Reels sent to the chat will notify users and the blend will be updated.As part of the feature, users who have joined a blend will see who each Reel is suggested for, even when Reels are sent via DM. While viewing Reels in a blend, users can respond via a message bar at the bottom of the screen, or quickly react with emoji. Users can also see a blend icon in their DMs, which appears at the top of the chat window, next to the audio call and video call buttons. Gadgets 360 tried out the blend feature on Instagram, and the feature works as advertised. We were able to join a blend after receiving a request, which is delivered as a DM. Tapping the Join button enables the feature for both users, and either member can leave the blend at any time.

— Samsung and Motorola are reportedly in discussions to make Perplexity AI the Assistant in their smartphones. This would allow Perplexity to control certain aspects of the phone for navigation purposes, as well as offer AI features, which is it already known for.While Motorola has already signed an agreement to include Perplexity AI in its upcoming Razr lineup, Samsung is still in the early stages of negotiations.Why it MattersDespite their close partnership, Samsung’s reported consideration of Perplexity over the widely adopted Gemini for Android is surprising, especially given their promotion of Galaxy AI. This move positions Perplexity as a stronger competitor against Google and Microsoft AI, a potential Motorola’s lack of a proprietary AI service further amplifies.Motorola’s Move Toward Perplexity AIMotorola is expected to announce its partnership with Perplexity AI at its April 24 event, where it will showcase its latest Razr foldable phones. These devices will ship with Perplexity AI as an alternative to Google Gemini, which will be optimized for Razr’s folding form factor.The company is reportedly planning a marketing push to encourage users to try the new AI assistant.Samsung’s Early Talks with Perplexity AISamsung is exploring ways to integrate Perplexity AI into its Galaxy lineup. Potential options include pre-installing the Perplexity app, allowing users to set it as their default AI assistant, or promoting it heavily on the Galaxy Store.Why Perplexity AI Stands OutUnlike traditional AI assistants, Perplexity AI offers real-time answers through a search engine-like interface and supports multiple AI models, including those from OpenAI and Anthropic. It also provides features such as reminders, device control, and live view functionality.Looking AheadWith more manufacturers adopting AI, services like Perplexity, Claude, and Grok could become standard, giving them more competitive advantages against Pixel and iPhone.