Facebook parent company Meta is starting to bring 3D avatars to Facebook Messenger and Instagram. The social media giant has announced that it will offer 3D avatars for Instagram Stories and direct messages. Users through Meta’s platforms; can use their virtual characters on stickers, posts, Facebook profile pictures.
The new 3D avatar feature, which will be available first for the USA, Canada and Mexico, will be available on Meta’s platforms, including the Quest VR platform. Meta’s general manager for avatars and virtual identity, Aigerim Shorman, said in his blog post that the new avatars will include shapes and assistive devices such as hearing aids and wheelchairs to accommodate users with disabilities.
3D avatar creation on Instagram and Facebook
According to Shorman’s description, avatars are; It will bridge VR and AR, create an interconnected digital world between more familiar platforms like phones and computers, and most importantly, make it easier for the company to create the exciting metaverse world.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that when announcing Meta’s new name last year, the metaverse is a top priority for the company. Zuckerberg wrote in his latest post, “(In the coming period) you will have multiple avatars in different ways, from real to virtual.” said.
This is where Meta’s avatar expansion comes into play. With the capacity to portray yourself that has become familiar and that you can adopt as your virtual identity, Meta is currently positioning itself as the platform for creating these characters. Meta’s photorealistic avatars are quite advanced even today and you can use them as a true representation of your profile in digital environments.
Meta is now working to involve itself in this change. Given its access, presence, and capacity to facilitate connection to the metaverse with special avatar tools, this could be an important step forward.
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