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Use case · game studios

Your game's cast, as finished heads from photos.

Photograph the actors who agreed, send the photos in a batch, and get back one finished head per person: same mesh, same UVs, same 52 ARKit shapes, so one rig, one material and one animation set fit the whole cast.

A cast of 40, in practice

  1. Collect consent and photos

    One folder per actor, 1–15 photos each, with a written agreement from every person. Adults only.

  2. Send the batch

    One POST /v1/heads per actor with an Idempotency-Key from the folder name, so a retry never makes a second head. Up to 30 head creations a minute.

  3. Hear back

    Your webhook hears head.completed or head.failed for each head. A failed head returns its credits by itself and says why, naming the photo at fault.

  4. Fetch the files

    FBX for Unity, the MetaHuman ZIP for Unreal, GLB for anything else, all from the same head.

Generated photo of fictional person S-05The 3D MetaHuman head FaceNinja made from photo S-05
S-05 · Synthetic personSeventies, white beardA man in his seventies with deep forehead furrows, sun spots and a short white beard (the beard comes as a groom recommendation; the skin keeps its stubble shadow).
Generated photo of fictional person S-06The 3D MetaHuman head FaceNinja made from photo S-06
S-06 · Synthetic personThirties, short beardA man in his early thirties with deep brown skin, a broad nose, full lips and a short, dense beard line.
Generated photo of fictional person S-07The 3D MetaHuman head FaceNinja made from photo S-07
S-07 · Synthetic personFifties, laugh linesA woman in her late fifties with deep laugh lines, under-eye shadows and dark spots on the cheeks; her hair has a grey streak.
Generated photo of fictional person S-08The 3D MetaHuman head FaceNinja made from photo S-08
S-08 · Synthetic personSixties, grey afroA woman in her sixties with small raised dark spots on the cheekbones, fine lines and a round face; short grey natural hair.
Generated photo of fictional person S-09The 3D MetaHuman head FaceNinja made from photo S-09
S-09 · Synthetic personForties, dark beardA man in his forties with a strong hooked nose, heavy brows, deep-set eyes and a full dark beard greying at the chin.
Generated photo of fictional person S-10The 3D MetaHuman head FaceNinja made from photo S-10
S-10 · Synthetic personTwenties, pink hairA woman in her early twenties with pale, rosy skin, a small upturned nose and pastel pink hair.

Why one topology matters for a cast

  • One rig. Every head has the same vertex order, so a facial rig or retarget made once applies to all of them.
  • One material. The same UV layout and the same four 4K maps per head, so one material setup takes every face.
  • One animation set. All 52 ARKit shapes on every head, so captured performances play on any of them.
  • Necks that fit bodies. The neck and trapezius follow each person, so the join with your body meshes is clean.

Faces of your players

You can also offer players a head of themselves. A head usually takes 10–20 minutes, so design it as a background step, not an instant one. Your app collects each player's confirmation that the photos are of them and that they are an adult, and sends it with every head, as the API requires.

Questions from game studios

01How many heads can we make at once?
Up to 30 head creations a minute and 600 requests a minute per account. For more than 1,000 heads, write to us about volume.
02Do we keep the photos?
We delete the photos 7 days after a head is made and never use them to train models. Files are kept 30 days; the master they are rebuilt from, one year.
03Can we use the heads commercially?
Yes, under our terms, with the consent of the people shown. A MetaHuman you build from a head in MetaHuman Creator comes under Epic's licence.

Your first head is one prompt away.

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