Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new, more detailed kind of Horizon Worlds avatar today that he called a « mode between video off and video on. » And it has legs!
Zuckerberg says you’ll be able to use these avatars across the app and, via a partnership with Zoom, you can even show up as your avatar in video meetings. Meta’s also extending the avatar SDK to Android and iOS so these avatars can be built into mobile apps.
Meta is also making a concerted effort to expand avatar customization to include a diverse variety of skin tones, abilities, facial features, as well as hair and clothing styles.
Depending on how fancy you want to get, soon you’ll also be able to buy virtual Prada and Balenciaga threads (among other familiar brands) at an avatar clothing store.
Here’s a sneak peek of what’s ahead:
And here’s Zuck being…just as awkward in VR as he is IRL:
