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UE4 Resources
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If you are interested in using synthetic data in your research projects, please see the `synthetic-computer-vision <github.com/unrealcv/synthetic-computer-vision>`__ repository for some related works.

UE4 is a good choice for research for various reasons:

- Rich 3D resources
- `Open source <https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ue4-on-github>`__
- Cross-platform
- Physically based material system

Here we collect some resources to help you use UE4 and UnrealCV in your research.

3D Resources (models, scenes)
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- `Unreal Marketplace <https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace>`__ - The official marketplace of Unreal Engine

  - The `architectural visualization section <https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/content-cat/assets/archvis>`__
  - `Unreal Engine feature examples <https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/index.html>`__

- `UE4Arch <https://ue4arch.com>`__ - High quality architectural visualization using UE4.
- `Evermotion <https://evermotion.org/shop>`__
- `TurboSquid <https://www.turbosquid.com/>`__ - High quality 3D models used in the industry
- `ShapeNet <https://www.shapenet.org/>`__ - Free 3D models released by the research community

C++ Development
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- `UE4 API <https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/>`__
- `UE4 Answerhub <https://answers.unrealengine.com/>`__
- `UE4 Github Repository <https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine>`__ (This is a private repository, you need to register `here <https://www.unrealengine.com/ue4-on-github>`__ before you can access it).