Epic’s new MetaHuman tool eerily realistic
More character customizations in Epic’s new MetaHuman tool. Creepy really!
Epic Games is epic. The company has developed a tool. And what a tool for creating realistic characters. All this can be done in a browser. The so-called MetaHuman Creator is powered by Unreal Engine. The result is really realistic. The human proportions and facial animations are also cool! Especially in older people, where wrinkles appear, it is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
Creating and manipulating real-looking people takes time. A lot of time. Studios would like to limit this time, because time is money. Epic has been working on this new MetaHuman tool for a while.
It can take months. Time spent on research, expensive scanning equipment and personnel that are not cheap. The aim is to make this process simpler, faster and more scalable. And all this without compromising on quality.
Different creations
The tool can be used with motion capture data and transferred across different creations. According to Epic’s ‘Meet the MetaHumans’ video, the tool has been tested on various hardware platforms.
In a second video you can see that there are many adjustments to be made. From simple wrinkle sliders to ‘roughness’ of the hair texture, with a pull and pull style editor and a function that makes it possible to refine facial features.
It looks good on the first images. The MetaHumans seem to walk right out of your screen. The skin glow looks like one of the Kardashians, so smooth and beautiful. There could still be some improvement, because who has such a skin?
Yes, that is a shame because it is not yet known. If you are already enthusiastic about this tool, you can register on the Unreal website. You will then be kept informed of the progress of this ‘maker tool’ in the near future.
