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. It is developed by Epic Games and operates within the Unreal Engine ecosystem, offering a streamlined pipeline from character creation through to final animation.

Using MetaHuman Creator inside Unreal Engine, artists can produce photoreal digital humans complete with hair and clothing in minutes. Characters can be built from one of the available MetaHuman presets, sourced from growing collections on Fab, or generated from a pre-existing mesh or footage using the Mesh to MetaHuman workflow. A Maya integration also allows artists to transform existing characters into humanoids.

Every MetaHuman comes fully rigged and ready for animation. MetaHuman Animator enables convincing facial animation that faithfully captures an actor's nuanced performance, including support for real-time capture workflows. Traditional animation authoring through Unreal Engine's character technologies and Maya art direction are also fully supported.

MetaHumans are optimized for real-time performance and deployable across platforms from mobile to console. They are also compatible with Unreal Editor for Fortnite, making them accessible across a wide range of production contexts including games, live concerts, and cinematic productions.