The anticipated Meta Avatars visual revamp is currently under scrutiny by Meta’s team of experts.
Luna, a die-hard VR enthusiast, has observed that certain Meta employees’ Horizon profiles feature distinct avatars that differ significantly from the current Meta Avatar offerings, and has provided UploadVR with links to independently confirm this discovery.
At Meta’s Join 2022 virtual event, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) mockup of the forthcoming overhaul nearly two years ago. When he initially predicted its arrival in 2023, it became evident that timeline wouldn’t hold up.
What a seismic shift last year brought! The Meta Avatars finally got legs, at least in Horizon House and Horizon Worlds – a massive update after they’d previously faced ridicule for lacking upper bodies.
Although the SDK for third-party apps introduced leg assets in December, these are currently static and require manual animation implementation from developers, a task that remains unexplored.
Meta’s Horizon Metaverse avatars are finally getting legs.
Meta’s avatars in its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform are now equipped with digital legs.
Meta is poised to unveil or at least publicly reveal its revamped avatars during Meta Connect 2024, scheduled for September 25-26.
