The Heretic Digital Human | Characters (2022)

Legacy Package:

This is a legacy Unity sample and is no longer actively updated. It is provided for learning and reference, and compatibility with newer Unity versions is not guaranteed.

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Important - Restricted Character Licence

The Gawain digital character included in this package is provided for educational and non-commercial use only, and attribution to Unity is required. Please review the included licence terms before use.

The Digital Human technology stack is provided under Unity's standard Asset Store EULA.

This package contains the digital human technology developed by Unity's Demo Team for The Heretic, alongside Gawain, a realistic digital character modelled after actor Jake Fairbrother.

Explore the tools and techniques used to bring 3D and 4D scan data into Unity, create detailed facial animation, attach elements to deforming skin, and render realistic skin, eyes, teeth, and hair in HDRP.

Core Features:

Facial Animation

• 4D clip importing and processing
• Timeline-integrated 4D animation
• 4D frame fitting with facial rig detail
• Snappers facial rig integration
• Facial rig posing directly in Unity

Skin Attachment

• Attach meshes and transforms to dynamically deforming skin
• Support for eyebrows, eyelashes, stubble, and markers
• Accelerated using the C# Job System and Burst

Shaders & Rendering

• Shader Graphs for skin, eyes, teeth, and hair
• Tearline rendering using a custom pass
• Marker-driven occlusion for eyes and teeth
• HDRP-based digital human rendering

Learn More:

• The Heretic
• Digital Human Sample on GitHub
• The Heretic – Unity Demo

Compatibility:

Supported on platforms compatible with the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)

Licensing:

The Gawain character and associated character content are provided under a restricted licence for educational, research, and other non-commercial uses only. Attribution to Unity is required.

The Digital Human technology stack is governed by Unity's standard Asset Store EULA. Review the licence files included with the package for full usage terms.