Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Unreal Engine 5.8 is bringing MASSIVE updates for animation, Control Rig, MetaHuman, Mesh Terrain, Sequencer, physics workflows, and much more.

In this video, we take a look at some of the biggest new features coming to UE 5.8, including Direct Mesh Controls, simplified Sequencer timelines, MetaHuman custom mesh workflows, Mesh Terrain, Dynamics in Control Rig, facial retargeting, and more.

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Mesh Terrain doc:
dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/knowledge-base/nK7J/unreal-engine-introduction-to-mesh-terrain

Unreal 5.8 Roadmap:
portal.productboard.com/epicgames/1-unreal-engine-public-roadmap/tabs/129-unreal-engine-5-8

00:00 Intro
00:13 New Gizmo and Editor Updates
01:24 SKM Editor, Morph Targets
02:50 Control Rig Physics and Dynamics
04:08 Direct Mesh Controls
05:30 Modular Control Rig
06:01 Animation, New Timeline!
07:19 Auto Baking
08:25 Metahuman Conform from Custom Mesh
09:11 Facial Retargetting
09:41 Metahuman Crowd
10:01 Mesh Terrain
11:16 AI
12:19 Outro

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