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LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:32 AM Feb 2021

The company behind 'Fortnite' just made it shockingly easy to create lifelike people

Before it released its megahit game Fortnite, Epic was known for creating one of the most popular video game engines in the world, which serves as the backbone of countless games you love: the Unreal Engine. While Fortnite is defined by its cartoony-meme violence, the Unreal Engine has been celebrated for pushing the bounds of visual realism.

And now, Epic is sharing its latest breakthrough on its engine with a feature called MetaHumans. MetaHumans are highly convincing, completely digital people. The twist? While high-end digital characters can require a month or more to create, an artist using MetaHumans can construct them in mere minutes.



In the video above, you can see just how convincing the MetaHumans look. Their skin ranges from porcelain to freckled to wrinkled, sun-weathered leather. When they speak, their lips don’t appear to pop out from the model (as so many artificially generated faces do) but are clearly connected to the skin and muscles through the entire face. And each individual figure simply looks splendid regardless of where it falls on the spectrum of gender or race—an equal amount of attention has been paid to any type of protagonist you’re looking to create. In fact, a spokesperson tells us that Epic is able to generate such a diversity of faces because it’s actually scanned people’s faces from around the world, integrating the data (blended and anonymously) into this tool.

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https://www.fastcompany.com/90603474/the-company-behind-fortnite-just-made-it-shockingly-easy-to-create-life-like-people


(Did the Capital riot really happen or was it CGI? Scary times are coming)
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The company behind 'Fortnite' just made it shockingly easy to create lifelike people (Original Post) LiberalArkie Feb 2021 OP
Reality is going to eventually become an illusion, almost there ... n/t RKP5637 Feb 2021 #1
+100 sinkingfeeling Feb 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Laelth Feb 2021 #2
Amazing!! 58Sunliner Feb 2021 #3
I bet the MetaHuman engine couldn't create THIS: Laelth Feb 2021 #4
You'll be needing our MetaSubHuman package. My Pet Orangutan Feb 2021 #6
Nice! n/t Laelth Feb 2021 #7
Fascinating stuff LazySusanNot Feb 2021 #8
Shivers are running down my spine. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #9
That's creepy af. cwydro Feb 2021 #10
Wowza soothsayer Feb 2021 #11

Response to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
4. I bet the MetaHuman engine couldn't create THIS:
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:41 AM
Feb 2021


That’s how we know that the assault on the Capitol was real.

-Laelth

LazySusanNot

(192 posts)
8. Fascinating stuff
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:09 AM
Feb 2021

Last edited Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:58 AM - Edit history (1)

These types of advancements will help not only Game Makers but others who want to utilize digital actors in new ways without breaking the budget. iPhone, Blender (just 2 examples) and many other tools coming available for budding future producers! This is a new frontier.
Thank you for posting.

Edited to ad: Like others here, I find that this is both fascinating and scary at the same time. This new technology is incredible. How it might be used by nefarious actors is another matter altogether...

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