While Unreal Engine 3 earned a reputation as a high-end engine for AAA studios, Epic’s made serious attempts to simplify UE4 and make it more approachable (and far more affordable) for smaller teams. They’ve had to, because indie darling Unity has done so much to democratize game development.
Unity, like Unreal, has built-in VR support, but that doesn’t mean much by itself; the crucial element is how Unity handles developing for multiple VR platforms. “Fantastic,” according to the developers at Owlchemy Labs, who’ve been working on Job Simulator for SteamVR, the Oculus Rift, and Sony’s PlayStation VR.
“We have to do a little bit of tweaking. Everything’s really early. But it’s been fantastic,” said Owlchemy’s Devin Reimer.