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Rikei Corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Satoru Isaka; hereinafter “Rikei”) is pleased to announce that it has been certified as an Unreal Authorized Training Center by Epic Games Inc (Headquarters: North Carolina, USA; Tokyo; CEO：Timothy Dean Sweeney; hereinafter “Epic Games”) that provides Unreal Engine.

Rikei has provided solutions including simulation, training, and digital twin (*1) using Unreal Engine. In addition, our engineers acquired Unreal Authorized Instructor qualifications in 2022 and have proposed the usefulness of VR production using Unreal Engine to lots of customers.
Now, the certification as the Unreal Authorized Training Center enables us to offer a wide variety of training programs that Epic Games provides, as well as practical training contents that added Rikei‘s proprietary technology.

(*1) Digital twin: A virtual model designed to reflect a physical object in the real world. Enabling highly accurate simulation by reproducing mechanism and operating status of the physical space in the virtual space.

Overview of the training program

Unreal Authorized Instructors support training participants in learning Unreal Engine through a wide range of lectures and demonstrations from the basics to applications including Blueprint visual scripting system(*2). They give explanation of development method using the latest technologies only practicing engineers can and are going to answer participants’ questions about the differences between Unreal Engine and other game engines, and in what industries Unreal Engine is used.

(*2) Blueprint visual scripting system: A function of the Unreal Engine. It allows non-programmers to create complex and sophisticated gameplay systems.

■Unreal Engine Training Program
https://www.rikei.co.jp/product/703/

*As of January 2023, only a corporate program is available.
*Please contact the following for pricing and other questions about the program.

Contact: Next Generation Business Development Department
Rikei Corporation
E-mail: xsg@rikei.co.jp

■Find an Unreal Authorized Training Center
https://www.unrealengine.com/ja/training-partners

Future development

Rikei is going to continue to contribute to creating opportunities for more customers to utilize 3DCG technology through Unreal Engine.

About Epic Games Inc.

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina and has more than 40 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.

About Rikei Corporation

Since its establishment in 1957 as a solution vendor in the IT and electronics industries, Rikei Corporation has provided a variety of solutions ranging from systems to networks, VR/AR contents, electronic materials and electronic devices.

Rikei proposes solutions that utilize cutting-edge technologies and advanced products from Japan and overseas, and contributes to business development such as improving efficiency of operations and profits of customers.

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