A new app will let developers capture faces for Unreal Engine in real-time on iOS
What you need to know
- Epic Games has announced an exciting new app for game developers.
- It will let them capture facial animations using an iPhone.
- The app will stream directly onto characters in the Unreal Engine in real-time.
Unreal Engine has announced a new app that will let game developers capture facial animations in real-time, and stream them directly onto characters in Unreal Engine using just an iPhone.
In an announcement yesterday, Epic Games stated:
According to the post, Live Link Face will let developers stream "high-quality facial animation in real-time from your iPhone directly onto characters in Unreal Engine." It uses Apple's ARKit and the iPhone's TrueDepth front-facing camera to track a face, and transmits the data directly into Unreal Engine. Epic says it can be used by a professional on a stage with multiple actors, or just a single artist at a desk. The announcement continues:
Epic says the app can also be used by streamers, as the app can "natively adjust when performers are sitting at their desk" rather than wearing a head-mounted rig.
You can read the full announcement here.
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