The company, which changed the name of Facebook from the name of Meta with the same event last year, this year MetaConnect 2022did it today. Focusing on virtual reality and metaverse, Meta also included some innovations in the event where it announced the Quest Pro title. It looks like Avatars will be an area the company will focus on in the coming years.
Video chat period begins with Avatar on Instagram and WhatsApp
Finally, Meta wants to expand the use of avatars across all its platforms. Avatar, one of the biggest symbols of the Metaverse universe, is coming to all Meta platforms. The company will expand the Avatars previously featured on Instagram to Facebook and Messenger.
With the new feature, users will now be able to video chat with their Avatars instead of showing their own faces in WhatsApp and Messenger calls. Also, for the first time, the company wants Avatars to be used effectively in Instagram Stories and DMs.
Meta announced that avatars will now have legs too
Social VR platform announced in December Horizon Worldsmade a name for himself in the past. As of today, some innovations will be added to this platform, which Zuckerberg attaches importance to. At the event, it was stated that avatars will now have legs.
Huge partnership between Meta and Microsoft!
Meta, which has taken serious steps on Metaverse recently, announced its partnership with Microsoft as well as mixed reality glasses.
Avatars, previously in the form of floating bodies with arms and heads, are slowly evolving. His avatar jumping for joy during Zuckerberg’s keynote was also part of the announcement. Additionally, Meta stated that there will be improvements and enhancements to their avatar skins.
Avatar legs will first appear on the Horizon Worlds platform. However, there is no information about the first release date yet. “As we develop our technology stack, they will come to more experiences over time,” Zuckerberg said. He signaled that the developments will continue.
Alongside all these developments, Meta announced that it will be an avatar store where users can spend real money to buy accessories for their avatars. It is known that Zuckerberg attaches importance to the NFT world. However, there was no mention of NFTs at the time of this statement.