Meet the MetaHumans
High-fidelity digital humans in minutes
Creating believable real-time digital humans is incredibly challenging and time-consuming. What if we could make the process radically simpler, faster, and more scalable—without compromising on quality?
Introducing MetaHuman Creator.
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Overview
Digital humans are the future
Imagine game characters that will blow your players’ minds, digital stand-ins on the latest virtual production set that will hold up to close-up shots, virtual participants in immersive training scenarios that are more believable than ever before: the possibilities for creators are limitless.
MetaHuman Creator Early Access
MetaHuman Creator is a cloud-streamed app that takes real-time digital human creation from weeks or even months to less than an hour—at an unprecedented standard of quality, fidelity, and realism. When your character is finished, you can export and download it, rigged and ready to animate in Unreal Engine. Sign up for our free Early Access program today!
Meet some of the real humans behind MetaHuman Creator
MetaHuman Creator has been decades in the making. Companies like 3Lateral and Cubic Motion have been pushing the limits of digital human creation for years. Now, as part of Epic Games, they've been able to push the technology even further—and make it happen in real time. Most importantly, they've made it accessible to everyone.
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Spotlights
Discussing the rise of real-time digital humans on The Pulse
In case you missed it, in a recent episode of The Pulse—our video series exploring emerging trends in interactive technology—industry experts gathered to talk about the effects that the new crop of digital humans will have on character design, scripts, and storytelling.
Hellblade character Senua gets a next-gen makeover
At GDC 2016, Epic partnered with 3Lateral, Cubic Motion, IKinema, and Xsens to demonstrate a live performance of Ninja Theory’s Senua character from their game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. In 2019, Ninja Theory revealed the trailer for the upcoming Xbox Series X release of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, taking the character to a new level of believability.
Siren delivers a convincing real-time performance
In 2018, we joined forces with 3Lateral, Cubic Motion, Tencent, and Vicon to raise the bar for live-captured digital humans using Unreal Engine. Meet Siren, a high-fidelity, real-time digital character based on the likeness of Chinese actress Bingjie Jiang.
Digital Andy Serkis does Shakespeare
Revealed at GDC 2018, a digital version of Andy Serkis reciting lines from Macbeth was a breakthrough in real-time human-driven digital characters. The performance was brought to life by a combination of Unreal Engine’s real-time rendering and 3Lateral’s MetaHuman Framework volumetric capture, reconstruction, and compression technology.
fxguide’s Mike Seymour sets out to create his digital double
At SIGGRAPH 2017, fxguide Co-Founder and researcher Mike Seymour, together with a broad team of graphics researchers, universities, and technology providers, showcased MEETMIKE, a real-time performance-captured VR version of himself, rendered at 90 FPS in stereo in Unreal Engine.
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Learn more
Want to create your own unique MetaHumans?
With MetaHuman Creator, you can create the highest possible quality digital humans in minutes. It is currently ready for test-driving as part of an Early Access program.