MADTech Metahuman Graduate Thesis Demo Reel 2025

Описание: Excerpts from three NCSU MADTech graduate thesis projects that explored Metahumans for real-time animation storytelling and interactive media experiences. Yasmeen by Fullbright scholar Sara Sherkyan shows an introspective reflection on confronting gender and cultural stereotypes in daily life through her Metahuman digital double. Meta AI by Leo Li reimagines Renaissance inventor and painter Leonardo Da Vinci as an interactive Metahuman that uses natural language and a generative AI knowledge database trained on Da Vinci's notebooks to answer questions about Leonardo's art and life. My Wish by Rebecca Pyun brings Korean "comfort woman" survivor Kim Hak Soon to life as a Metahuman using photogrammetry of her memorial statue and performance capture, highlighting the gender social justice issue from World War 2 that is still unresolved. These three exceptional graduate thesis projects demonstrate the range of creative and educational applications of real-time Metahuman technology in Unreal Engine using photogrammetry, performance capture, real-time animation, and generative AI. I was a Chair and/or technical animation committee advisor for each of these student projects, and they all passed their MADTech Masters of Art & Design thesis defenses with flying colors. Some software used: Epic Games Unreal Engine 5, Metahuman Creator and Animator, Reality Capture, Noitom Perception Neuron Studio, Livelink Face, Convai, Runway AI, and Adobe Premiere Pro. Excerpts video edited by Topher Maraffi, April 2025.