Extra photographs of the upcoming Meta Avatars graphics overhaul have leaked.
VR fanatic Luna noticed that when making an attempt to edit their avatar within the Meta Horizon cell app, some individuals noticed a popup selling the overhaul as “coming quickly”.
Again in July, Luna additionally noticed that the overhaul was being examined by some Meta workers, noticing that their Horizon profiles present a very totally different avatar model to the present Meta Avatars.
The overhaul was first introduced with a pre-rendered mockup by Mark Zuckerberg at Meta Join 2022 two years in the past. On the time he mentioned the overhaul was coming in 2023, however that clearly did not pan out.
What Meta Avatars did get final yr was legs, in Horizon Residence and Horizon Worlds not less than, a big replace given that they had beforehand been extensively ridiculed for less than together with the higher physique.
The SDK for third-party apps received legs too in December, however they presently aren’t animated so builders must implement this manually, an arduous job none have but undertaken.
Meta will seemingly formally announce the brand new overhauled avatars at Join 2024, which can happen on Wednesday and Thursday.