Live Link Face

What Live Link Face is

Live Link Face is a free mobile app that captures facial performances and generates animation to drive MetaHuman characters in Unreal Engine. The iOS app supports both real-time and processed animation, and can capture raw video and depth data for use with the MetaHuman plugin. Epic describes the Android app as a beta for real-time MetaHuman facial animation. The app streams animation over a network to Unreal Engine through the MetaHuman Live Link plugin, and its settings include OSC connections for external controllers and devices. Android timecode can use the system clock, an NTP server, or a Tentacle Sync device for multi-device synchronization. Real-time Android animation is limited to certain Qualcomm chipsets, and Snapdragon 8s chipsets are unsupported. Android does not support capture for offline processing. Real-time streaming requires the phone and Unreal Engine computer to connect over a network. Live Link Hub can download recorded media from connected Android and iOS phones and trigger recording. The App Store listing requires iOS 16 or later; Epic’s workflow description specifies an iPhone 12 or later and a Windows 10/11 desktop PC.