Epic Games is Surprised at the Quality of Talent in Pakistan: Waqar Azim, Co-Founder of Quixel

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Epic Games is Surprised at the Quality of Talent in Pakistan: Waqar Azim, Co-Founder of Quixel

Think of the most transformative game companies in the world and Epic Games will rank amongst the very top. In eight short years, the company’s valuation has exploded from $1 billion to $18 billion.

Why? Epic Games is behind Unreal Engine, one of the most popular game engines in the world. Its flagship game, Fortnite, pioneered the battle royale genre of games and has become a cultural phenomenon. And the Epic Game Store is providing Steam serious competition to become the digital home for gamers.

That’s why it was big news when Epic Games bought Quixel.

Founded by Waqar Azim and Teddy Bergsman, Quixel is on a mission to scan the world. A leader in photogrammetry assets, it has the largest library of 2D and 3D assets in the world. Quixel’s work has been used in AAA games and blockbuster movies like The Jungle Book, Black Panther, and The Lion King.

We got a chance to sit down and talk exclusively to Waqar about starting Quixel, the Epic Games acquisition, and what it means for Pakistan.

The Winding Journey to Starting Quixel

Waqar Azim: I graduated with a Computer Science degree from FAST in 2006 but soon realized that while I liked technical roles, I wasn’t interested in hardcore engineering.

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Epic acquires Megascans creator Quixel
All Megascans assets to become free for Unreal Engine users


Epic Games has announced the acquisition of development asset and toolset creator Quixel.

Quixel Megascans, a library of over 10,000 2D and 3D photogrammetry assets, will become free for all Unreal Engine developers at a yet-to-be-determined date following the completion of the acquisition. Toolsets Bridge and Mixer will also become free to everyone at the same time. Ahead of this, ten Megascans asset packs are available for free beginning today on the Unreal Marketplace.

Additionally, Quixel's 100+ employees will join Epic Games, with its primary operations center remaining at its current location in Sweden.

"Building photorealistic 3D content is an expensive endeavor in game development and film production," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. "By coming together with Quixel to make Megascans free for all use in Unreal Engine, this level of artistry is now available to everyone from triple-A studios to indies."

https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/12/...-startup-quixel-to-make-games-more-realistic/

 

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These guys are really good. No wonder Epic Games acquired them.

 

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Hopefully @Zapper and his band of indian trolls don’t invade this thread and question the Pakistani origins of this company like they did in other threads.

“For six years, we bootstrapped and made tools that funded our long-term vision of the Megascans project. We also shifted our operations to Pakistan to make scanning and hardware development easier.

When we finally launched the Megascans project in 2016, over 50% of our assets were from Pakistan.”

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Quixel is actually one of the truly gifted new companies, working out of Pakistan in the international arena. There's another one; VisionX.io

 

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Quixel is actually one of the truly gifted new companies, working out of Pakistan in the international arena. There's another one; VisionX.io

I have never heard of them before today and I am pretty sure majority of the forum haven’t either. This is why it’s important to highlight these companies charting new frontiers for Pakistan @Bilal Khan (Quwa)