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This Could Be the Future of Animation in Unreal Engine 5
Smart Poly just dropped a breakdown of Unreal's brand new AnimGen plugin that lets you generate custom animations with AI—and people are eating it up because this could actually change how animations get made.
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- •3.5x Smart Poly's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 18.2K views at the same age.
- •64.2K views so far, published 6 days ago.
- •Category: Education · Language: en · Quality: HD
- •"Breakout" is measured against this exact channel's trailing 90-day median at matching video age — not a generic niche average.
Updated 2026-08-14 21:50 UTC
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Published Aug 14, 2026 · 6 days ago. How breakouts are measured →
From the creator
Check Out My Unreal Engine 5 Courses: https://smartpoly.teachable.com/p/the-ultimate-unreal-engine-5-masterclass-bundle Hello guys welcome back to another video. In this video we'll be checking out the new AnimGen Experimental Plugin that shipped with Unreal Engine 5.8. Epic just released a brand new sample project…
Category: Education · Language: en · Quality: HD
Topics: Action game · Video game culture
Tags: Unreal Engine 5, Unreal Engine 5 Release, Unreal Engine 5 New Features, Unreal Engine 5 Next-Gen, Unreal Engine 5 Nanite, Unreal Engine 5 Lumen, UE5 Release, UE5 Next Gen, UE5, Lyra Starter Game, Unreal Engine 5 Lyra Game Tutorial, UE5 Lyra Tutorial
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