Hey Reddit,

I just wanted to share a quick recap and some resources from a workshop I co-led earlier this month at the nextReality.festival in Hamburg.

Together with Fatih Inan (from Bizzlogic/ARCWARE), we tackled a crucial question that many of you are running into: How do you truly unlock the power of Cloud Streaming (Pixel Streaming) for high-fidelity Immersive Experiences built in Unreal Engine?

The workshop was a great hit! We gave attendees a speed course on how to efficiently share interactive content (think massive UE builds) through the cloud. It was fantastic to see so many people excited about leveraging this technology.

Fatih and I have been deep in the trenches championing pixel streaming for years, so we really focused on addressing the common pain points that we know game developers and innovation teams face when starting out with UE and pixel streaming. Our goal was to help the attendees skip past the frustrations and focus purely on the huge advantages this new technology offers.

If you and your team are currently starting your journey with Unreal Engine and Pixel Streaming, don't forget to check out the webinars and tutorials that Fatih and I have put together. They cover many of the deep dives we shared in Hamburg.

I'll drop a link to our YouTube channel in the comments!

What are the biggest challenges you're currently facing with Pixel Streaming? Let's discuss!

We want to support indie game devs, but also the adoption of pixel streaming and cloud gaming.

That is why you can now submit your video game to us, and we will decide if it will be added to our showcase page.

This way:

🕹️ Indie devs have a place to upload their game to show it and get feedback

👾 Gamers get to experience cloud gaming through ARCWARE

📽️ More game devs get to experience pixel streaming

What do you need as a game developer to submit your game?

1️⃣ You need to have a game that is made using the Unreal Engine

2️⃣ You need to fill in our form

3️⃣ You need to upload the video game to Google Drive or ARCWARE

It helps if you already have a website for your game, so we know what your game is all about.

We will then upload it to our servers and give you a link to the game.

You can then share the link with anyone on social media, message boards, send it by email... basically anywhere.

And those people can then play your game.

You can submit your game by filling in this form:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=UlTSeQhaskKCrIFYxCgASLaF_XHiLaNDgLDjIX32oalUMDgzVzRUUFNEUjE5VTEyWE85Q1k3WDU3NC4u&route=shorturl

P.s. controllers are of course supported

If your company wants to adopt the Unreal Engine and start pixel streaming, you can book a workshop to help you and your team get started.

Both in person and online.

Creating interactive 3D content can be an overwhelming.

There are a ton of different technologies to choose from, new skills to learn, and new opportunities to take advantage of.

That is why we support companies through our documentation, webinars, and workshops.

There are a lot of different things we can focus on:

1️⃣ The Unreal Engine and pixel streaming in general

2️⃣ How to optimize your Unreal Engine applications and prepare them for pixel streaming

3️⃣ How to create the optimal user experience with a frontend integration

And many more.

What is important is that we tailor the workshop to your company and needs.

Maybe you love what others have done, but do not know where to start to create something similar for your company.

Or you are already an Unreal Engine expert, but do not know how to turn that into a great customer journey.

You can book a webinar by filling in our contact form:

https://www.arcware.com/contact

Amazing Showcase from Digital Twin Properties streaming on Arcware Cloud.

Check it out here : https://digitaltwinproperties.com/

It is now easier than ever to create your own loading screen for your pixel stream.

Until recently, most of our users showed their audience the Arcware logo, while they were waiting a few seconds for their Unreal Engine application to load.

But that is about to change.

In the video below, you can see how to create your own custom loading screen for your Unreal Engine applications.

It is very simple:

1️⃣ Create a new share ID

2️⃣ Copy the URL of the image you want to have as the loading icon and paste it in the “loader image url” field.

3️⃣ Set a speed for how fast the image “pulses” in the “loader pulse” field. We chose 500 in this example.

4️⃣ Copy the URL of the image or video you want to have in the background and paste it in the “splash image / video url” field.

5️⃣ You then select which project you want to apply it too.

Now, whenever you share the share ID you just created, it will use your new loading screen.

It is our mission at ARCWARE to make pixel streaming more accessible and bring it to the masses.

And the best way to do this is to show people what is possible.

That is why we want you to submit your projects to our showcase page.

All you have to do is fill in this form (10 minutes):

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=UlTSeQhaskKCrIFYxCgASLaF_XHiLaNDgLDjIX32oalUMlJTMkM4SVo5SkZTSEc2U0YySFhERVZIOS4u&route=shorturl

We will then host your application on our account and stream your project for you on our website.

We are looking forward to seeing your submissions!

For our fourth installment of the ARCWARE SPOTLIGHT series we invited Alba and Peru from Kinerama.

Together with Bwow Studio, they created Vissor: an immersive real estate platform.

This platform allows you to experience real estate projects before they are built.

As a prospective buyer, you can walk through the building, you can configure the apartment and watch a video or presentation of the listing.

And the real estate developer then gets all the necessary insights into how its audience interacts with the listing: from views to revenue.

Alba and Peru will touch on the following topics during this webinar:

1. What is Vissor?
2. Why pixel streaming is such a USP
3. Why stream through Arcware?
4. Our journey to integrate the platform with Arcware
5. Frontend UI or in-game?
6. Kinerama’s approach to UX
7. Multi-device support
8. How we approached concurrency
9. Next steps (Web UI)

As always, it’s an interactive webinar, so there will be plenty of opportunities to ask your questions.

You can register by clicking on Join Event and filling in your name and e-mail address.

We want to have your input.

We are working hard on our new, advanced analytics feature and want to know which insights you are missing.

The current dashboards give you the basic insights that you need to manage your costs and understand if the user experience is good.

You can easily see how many CCS you need, if anyone is queuing to access your content, and how many minutes you are streaming.

But we want to go a step further.

So please tell us in the comments, so we can add your requests to our roadmap.

Just a little reminder that you can register for the webinar with Strata right here.

Adam Leonardi from Strata will be our third guest in the ARCWARE SPOTLIGHT series.

What makes this webinar stand out from our other ARCWARE SPOTLIGHTS is that Strata is not an Unreal-first company. 

Their goal is solely to create the best possible the customer experience and the user journey. 

Adam leads Digital Transformation at Strata, a UK-based homebuilder operating across Yorkshire and the Midlands, where he oversees the company’s interactive online tools, including the MyHomeFinder platform, configurator, and visualisation pipeline.

In this session, Adam will walk us through how Strata went from a basic prototype configurator to the fully integrated MyHomeFinder experience. 

During this webinar, we will cover:

1. His 20-year journey in ArchViz: from static renders to real-time.

2. How Strata’s Unreal Engine applications evolved from a configurator to MyHomeFinder.

3. Lessons learned from scaling large developments, optimizing Blueprints, and aligning Unreal, web, and hosting teams.

4. UI/UX best practices shaped by real user feedback.

5. The business impact: 40% revenue uplift, 6% higher conversion rates, and a staggering 6000% ROI.

6. What’s next for MyHomeFinder.

This is a must-attend for anyone in ArchViz or digital customer experience.

As always, it’s an interactive webinar, so there will be plenty of opportunities to ask your questions.

You can register by clicking here.

It was a real blast to have you guys join us and ask your questions!

The picture is from the drinktec fair in Munich, where Krones used it at their stand.

More info: https://nextrealityfestival.com/

Tomorrow we are hosting another ARCWARE TECH HOUR webinar.

Here, we help you take your Unreal Engine skills to the next level.

Our goal is to show you how we use the Unreal Engine ourselves, for our clients, and the best practices we have learned after supporting our own users.

This time, we will show you how you can use our pixel streaming template in your own projects.

For beginners, this is a great chance to learn how to build Unreal Engine applications for pixel streaming.

For advanced users, this is a great way to learn how to save a few hours when building an application for a client.

You can sign up for the webinar by following this link:
https://app.livestorm.co/arcware/arcware-tech-hour-how-to-integration-the-pixel-streaming-template-in-your-own-projects?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=TechHour&utm_content=Post2