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MetaHuman news
MetaHuman 5.7 brings major improvements to body conforming—with more to come.
The latest release addresses limitations you may have previously run into, including the A-pose requirement, character height restrictions, and the inability to round-trip via FBX. Find out more and get a glimpse of where we’re going next.Unreal Fest Chicago 2026
Tickets for Unreal Fest Chicago are now available! Get yours today and join fellow devs in the Windy City, June 16–18, as we celebrate the Epic community, showcase innovative projects, and dive into new features and technology.MetaHuman 5.7 is now available
MetaHuman 5.7 is here! Check out all the new features—including easy procedural grooming, art-directed hair animation, and scriptable creation operations—and download the update today.Behind the scenes of Quentin Tarantino’s The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge
Get a behind-the-scenes look at The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge, a lost scene from Kill Bill, created in Unreal Engine! Directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Uma Thurman, this new chapter brings Tarantino’s cinematic world into Fortnite for players to experience for the first time.Meet MetaHuman.
MetaHuman is a complete framework for creating and animating highly realistic and emotive digital human characters for real-time 3D projects, as well as for film and television content.Create your MetaHumans.
Harness the power of MetaHuman Creator in Unreal Engine to make photoreal MetaHumans, complete with hair and clothing, in minutes, starting from one of the MetaHuman presets or one of the growing number of collections of MetaHumans on Fab. You can also easily create your character from a pre-existing mesh or footage using Mesh to MetaHuman, or transform it into a humanoid in Maya.Bring them to life.
Your MetaHumans come fully rigged and ready for action. With MetaHuman Animator, you can quickly and easily create convincing facial animation that faithfully captures every nuance of an actor’s performance—even in real time. You can also use Unreal Engine’s advanced character technologies to author animation traditionally, or take them into Maya to art direct expressions.Use them anywhere.
No matter what your industry, engine, or renderer, MetaHumans have a role to play—whether that’s as a hero or NPC in the next gaming sensation, the star performer in a jaw-dropping concert, or a compelling character on the silver screen. Optimized for real-time performance, MetaHumans are deployable from mobile to console and are compatible with Unreal Editor for Fortnite.Let’s get started.
Ready to dive in? Check out our free online tutorials, talks, and documentation.Tutorials
Introduction to MetaHuman Creator
Learn how to start creating your own MetaHumans in Unreal Engine.MetaHuman Animator Real-Time Best Practices
Find out how to get optimal-quality real-time facial capture with a webcam.Photoreal Digital Actors from Capture to Final Render: a ‘Blue Dot’ Case Study
Discover the technologies and artistry used to create a digital Radivoje Bukvić.Documentation
Talks & demos
Real-Time Workflows with MetaHuman Animator
Colin Nash & Jihun Yu, Epic Games | Unreal Fest Orlando 2025Mafia: The Old Country: Using MetaHuman in a AAA Character Pipeline
Ivan Čerevko, Hangar 13 | Unreal Fest Stockholm 2025Creating Performant MetaHuman Characters in Unreal Engine
Dustin DeVoe, Epic Games | Unreal Fest Bali 2025Meet the community.
Need help, inspiration, or advice? You’re not alone out there! MetaHuman’s friendly community is here for you.