Facebook parent company meta is bringing 3D Avatar To Instagram Stories and direct messages (DMs). Rollout of new 3D avatars, Meta says, an initial step towards making it metaverse a reality. The company defines the metaverse as an interconnected digital world that bridges VR and AR in addition to more familiar platforms like your phone and computer.
Avatars give people more ways to express themselves. Meta has added new face shapes and accessories for people with disabilities. It has also changed the skin colors to make the avatars more authentic.
Meta is also releasing updated 3D avatars for Facebook and Messenger. With 3D avatars, users can show off as their virtual self in the app via stickers, feed posts, Facebook profile pictures and more.
3D Avatars are currently available for users in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company says that under this update, the user’s avatar will automatically enter the third dimension.
“Since revealing our long-term vision of the metaverse at Connect 2021, we have continued to build on this next evolution of social technology, building towards a future where you can sit in the same room as your loved ones who are are literally thousands of miles apart. Or work naturally with a talented team that spans the globe,” wrote Agrim Schorman, Meta’s general manager for Avatar and Identity, in a blog post.
As mentioned above, 3D avatars are the company’s early steps towards realizing its Metaverse dream that has long been a top priority for Meta. As part of its Metaverse preview, Meta has shown demos of its codec avatar and real-time environment rendering at its Facebook Connect event last October.
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