Unreal Engine 4.26 Free Sample – Cinematic Weta Digital’s ‘Meerkat’ Real-Time Hair & Fur Short

Weta Digital has been investigating real-time technology and its impact on linear content development with an initial focus on fur and feathers to see what level of detail can be achieved.
As real-time technology becomes an increasingly important part of the filmmaking process from previs to final pixels, Weta Digital is exploring just how far they can push movie-quality hair, fur, and feathers for linear storytelling in real-time. The result is ‘Meerkat’, a short film rendered entirely in Unreal Engine. This project aims for the highest possible quality while maintaining as fast a frame rate as possible in Unreal Engine—up to real-time, depending on your graphics card.
The scene and source files for this piece are now available as a free sample project for you to explore, learn from, and reuse.