What is the purpose of the Unreal Engine?

Question

unreal engine

Hello.

What is the purpose of such an engine as Unreal Engine, besides game development? This question appeared due to the YouTube recommendation "Unreal Engine is also used to create graphics in films."

PS Is it normal to use it purely for creating world locations?

Answer 1

For rendering 3D graphics in real time. In the production of films, since the second version it has been used for prototyping, now they draw "backs" for them.