Epic Games’ MetaHuman creation tool launches out of early access
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Summary
Gaming software giant Epic Games has made its MetaHuman Animation and MetaHuman Creator tools available to all developers in the latest version of its Unreal Engine 5.6.
The tools allow for the creation of hyper-realistic human characters with real-time animation and audio generation.
It can use any webcam or smartphone as a mono camera to capture facial expressions and movements in real time.
During the Unreal Engine keynote at the Unreal Fest in June, the company demonstrated the potential of MetaHuman with a real-time demo of an alien character.
The update also includes an expanded set of character shapes and textures and improves the capturing and processing of scanned data.
Furthermore, Epic Games has updated the Unreal Engine End-User Licence Agreement to include MetaHumans, allowing developers to use them in any game engine or creative software.