# Motion Matching in Unreal Engine

*Source* · `src-epic-2026-motion-matching-docs` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Documentation |
| authors | Epic Games |
| venue | Unreal Engine documentation |
| date | 2026 |
| url | https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/motion-matching-in-unreal-engine |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

Pose Search plugin; Motion Matching node selects poses from a database to match a runtime query without transition logic; brute force, PCAKDTree, VPTree search; Game Animation Sample; no learned networks described.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Learned kinematic motion synthesis](../technique/learned-motion-synthesis.md)

## Citation

Epic Games (2026). *Motion Matching in Unreal Engine*. Unreal Engine documentation https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/motion-matching-in-unreal-engine

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Provenance: created in run `2026-10-24-techniques-world-models`.