Weta Digital’s ‘Meerkat’ Real-Time Hair & Fur Short

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 it can push movie-quality hair, fur, and feathers for linear storytelling using real-time tools. The result is ‘Meerkat’, a short film rendered entirely in Unreal Engine. The scene and source files for this piece are now available as a free sample project for you to explore, learn from, and reuse.