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Epic's MetaHuman framework for creating 3D characters for games and VFX is out of early access. See its new features - and its new EULA.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

Download an 8km x 8km UE5 environment created in a massive 10-week art jam, with custom plugins and world-building tools.

Friday, December 6th, 2024

Much-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.

Friday, November 22nd, 2024

Intuitive add-on can generate an animated 3D reconstruction of an actor's head from video footage, for animation. VFX or motion graphics.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Experimental AI tech generates 3D models from text prompts, images, point clouds and voxels. See how it might be used in Autodesk software.

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

Popular plugin for creating 3D head models from source photos of an actor gets streamlined new one-click texturing workflow.

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Hotly tipped toolset can transfer facial motion from iPhone footage to a MetaHuman in Unreal Engine.

Thursday, June 15th, 2023

Epic Games' new free tools let users view and edit the 'DNA' of next-gen MetaHuman characters.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Free AI-based tool for generating facial animation from audio now reflects emotions like joy and pain.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022

Turn photos of actors into matching MetaHumans with the new version of the head-generation plugin.

Friday, August 5th, 2022

New Epic Games plugin turns facial scans and sculpts into next-gen MetaHuman characters for use in Maya or UE5.

Friday, June 10th, 2022

New tools to improve workflow between Blender and iClone and Character Creator due this year.

Thursday, January 6th, 2022

Free AI-based tool for generating facial animation from audio can now create sets of facial shapes for export in USD format.

Wednesday, January 5th, 2022