Performance Capture
Delivering high-quality facial animation in minutes, MetaHuman Animator is now available!Capture a facial performance for your digital human using just an iPhone and a PC and turn it into facial animation for your MetaHuman in minutes. Fast, easy, and cost-effective, MetaHuman Animator unlocks facial performance capture for all creators.
Explore the Virtual Production Visualization GuideWant to learn visualization in Unreal Engine? Explore the new Virtual Production Visualization Guide—a step-by-step look at how to master this innovative filmmaking process that encompasses previs, pitchvis, techvis, stuntvis, and postvis.
New MetaHuman Animator feature set to bring easy high-fidelity performance capture to MetaHumansDo you love the visual fidelity of MetaHumans but find it hard to make their facial animation equally believable? A new MetaHuman feature set will soon change all that. And you may already have the hardware you need in your pocket.
Online course: MetaHuman facial animation with Faceware Analyzer and RetargeterReady to unlock the secrets to animating realistic facial performances? Learn how to create real-time facial animation for your MetaHumans with Faceware Analyzer and Retargeter! Start these two partnered courses today.
Shin Ultra Fight morphs 70s-style monster suits with real-time toolsHow do you recreate the charm of Ultra Fight’s low-fi monster fights using fast and modern real-time workflows? Find out how Studio Bros leveraged Unreal Engine to shoot the sequences and put a 2022 twist on the quirky 70s series.
Explore three animated shorts from Fortnite’s film festival Take a look at how three filmmakers used Unreal Engine to create three very different animated shorts that were featured in Short Nite, Fortnite’s in-game film festival.
MetaHumans star in Treehouse Digital’s animated short horror film The WellWhen six friends spent their childhoods playing in a treehouse together, little did they know that they’d later set up their own company and become filmmakers. Rendered entirely in Unreal Engine, with characters generated with MetaHuman Creator, The Well is their first foray into fully CG animated production.
YouTube show Xanadu carves out a corner of the Metaverse with performance-driven CGWhat’s blue and lives in Xanadu? Cory Strassburger’s alter ego, Blu! Blu is busy building his empire in the Metaverse and documenting the process on YouTube, thanks to Unreal Engine, MetaHuman Creator, some amazing performance capture tech, and Cory’s very, very vivid imagination.
REALTIME delivers cinematics in record time on Codemasters’ new F1 2021 gameWith the finish line just weeks away, real-time technology came to the rescue and enabled REALTIME to deliver two and a half hours of additional cinematic cutscenes in record time on Codemasters’ new F1 2021 game.
The Jim Henson Company’s Earth to Ned uses real-time digital puppetry for final-pixel TV The company that created Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Sid the Science Kid has been delivering performance-driven family entertainment for over 60 years. When they brought Unreal Engine into the mix, they were able to take real-time digital puppetry to final output, live on set.
Volume 2 of The Virtual Production Field Guide now available!The second volume of this vital resource for filmmakers takes a deep dive into a variety of virtual production workflows—including remote collaboration, visualization, in-camera VFX, and animation—and shares insights from creators of completed virtual production projects. Download it for free today.
The rise of real-time digital humans on The PulseWith the recent announcement of MetaHuman Creator, the industry is buzzing with the possibilities that real-time digital humans could offer. On this episode of The Pulse, guest host Mike Seymour talks with industry veterans about the impact of digital humans on games, films, social media, and beyond.
New Live Link Face iOS App now available for real-time facial capture with Unreal EngineVirtual production and livestream-ready real time facial animation has never been easier and more accessible thanks to our new iOS app - Live Link Face for Unreal Engine.
Choosing a performance capture system for real-time mocapReal-time performance capture can transfer an actor’s entire performance to a digital character on the fly. Get an understanding of how these systems work, and which one is right for you, in our new white paper “Choosing a real-time performance capture system.”
Virtual production: performance capture for everyoneEver dreamed of having your own performance capture rig? Learn about two facial capture systems you can pair up with body mocap for a complete in-house system.
Real-time mocap replaces HQ Trivia host with LEGO minifigureAnimal Logic, the digital studio behind The LEGO Movie 2, delighted fans of hit mobile game HQ Trivia by turning host Scott Rogowsky into a real-time walking, talking LEGO minifigure.
Unreal Engine helps power Kite & Lightning’s winning performance at Real-Time Live!Can readily available technology be combined to create award-winning real-time mocap experiences? Find out how one small studio on a limited budget walked away with first place at SIGGRAPH 2018 Real-Time Live!
Siren at FMX 2018: crossing the uncanny valley in real timeAttendees coming to FMX in Stuttgart, Germany can meet “Siren,” the high-fidelity, real-time digital character based on the likeness of Chinese actress Bingjie Jiang.
Unreal Engine Brings Virtual Character to Life Onstage in The Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Tempest
Epic Games’ Unreal Engine powers the very first live motion capture performance appearing in a major classical stage production.