Czech mannequin Eva Herzigová is now a MetaHuman. The mannequin revealed on Tuesday that there’s now a digital likeness of herself within the type of considered one of Epic Video games’ MetaHumans. In keeping with a press launch, Herzigová was scanned in a “70 digital camera rig” and took part in a movement seize shoot to assist create the sensible digital avatar.
“This now signifies that Eva’s MetaHuman will be re-dressed, posed and lit, have her hair and make-up restyled, and her physique and facial expressions are able to be animated utilizing movement seize or conventional animation,” the discharge says. Herzigová’s MetaHuman can now be used for issues like digital trend exhibits and modelling digital garments — hopefully for higher trend occasions than Metaverse Fashion Week.
Picture: Unsigned Group and Dimension Studio
Picture: Unsigned Group and Dimension Studio
Picture: Unsigned Group and Dimension Studio
Epic first launched its MetaHumans in 2021 to make it simpler to create sensible digital people, and it has steadily improved them since then; the know-how has advanced to the purpose the place you’ll be capable to seize sensible facial animations right from your iPhone beginning sometime this summer. And Herzigová isn’t the one notable individual to show themselves right into a MetaHuman, by the way in which: NBA celebrity Luka Dončić launched a MetaHuman version of himself in September.