Can virtual reality (VR) avatars foster meaningful human connections as effectively as that of other online communication methods, and even real-life interactions? A Purdue University case study ...

VRChat announced it’s officially opened its own Avatar Marketplace, allowing users a centralized way to buy and sell avatars from within the social VR platform. Users have been able to visit VRChat ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled the latest advancement in Meta's VR technology, which is now capable of recreating a photorealistic rendition of the user's face. In an interview hosted by ...

"This is really the most incredible thing I've ever seen," said podcast host Lex Fridman, interviewing Mark Zuckerberg in VR using Meta's stunning new photorealistic avatars, coming soon to Quest, so ...

The avatars used in this study were created using the Daz3D software (Version 4.21) and rendered in Unity 2019 (Version 2019.4.18f1). Tsukuba, Japan—The phenomenon known as the Proteus Effect, wherein ...

The latest update to Meta Quest's VR avatars is the arrival of their legs, complementing their entire appearance when represented inside the virtual world via the Quest Home platform. Gone are the ...

The biggest reveal at Meta’s Connect event was its long-promised AR glasses, Orion. As expected, the prototype, each of which reportedly costs around $10,000, won’t be ready for the public any time ...

Mark Zuckerberg showed off Meta's new photorealistic VR avatars in his first "Metaverse interview." He said Meta plans to integrate them into its apps, but that the technology isn't quite ready yet.

Meta is recruiting people to record facial expressions and small talk to help build virtual avatars. It's for "Project Warhol," which is run by the data firm Appen, and pays $50 an hour. Meta's ...

Google is starting to roll out new photorealistic avatars which they call “Likeness”. Similar to Apple’s Personas, Likeness avatars are generated by scanning a user’s face, then animated it with input ...