Unreal Engine had a visible presence across CES 2026 in Las Vegas, particularly in automotive. Two demos caught our attention.
Sony Honda Mobility's AFEELA 1 runs its entire human-machine interface on Unreal Engine 5. The pre-production vehicles on display showed 3D-native map rendering, real-time ADAS visualization on the cluster display, and an "AR Dashboard" that overlays navigation and safety data onto a digital twin of the road ahead. California deliveries are scheduled for later this year.
AMD and Epic Games showed a next-gen HMI running on AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P100 hardware. A single UE5 instance drove every pixel of the digital cockpit: instrument cluster, maps, mini map, control panel, and 3D backgrounds, all rendering simultaneously on high-resolution displays at 60fps. Customizable themes and both 2D aerial and 3D street-level navigation were running live.
Kotei also demonstrated an HMI on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite platform with ADAS and parking visualization built in Unreal.
The pattern is clear enough. Automotive companies are moving past concept demos and shipping Unreal Engine in production vehicles. For studios that build interactive 3D for enterprise, the cockpit is turning into another delivery surface.