Meta updates avatars for cross-platform and inclusivity
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Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is serious about the metaverse and you can see that in its more expressive cross-platform avatars.
The company updated its avatars for use across multiple platforms, with some uniformity across Facebook, Instagram Stories, Messenger, and Meta Quest (formerly Oculus Quest) virtual reality headsets. It is also launching a couple of clothing options for NFL fans with a focus on the teams heading to the Super Bowl. And it has more inclusive avatar options, including avatars with cochlear implants for the hearing impaired as well as avatars in wheelchairs.
Aigerim Shorman, general manager for avatars and identity, said in an interview with GamesBeat that it has created cross-platform avatars across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. But for now the Meta Quest VR avatars are separate creations. You can use the avatars in Instagram Stories and direct messages (DMs).
“Avatars are supercritical for our vision for the metaverse as we talked about at our Connect event,” Shorman said. “You obviously cannot be present with others unless you have a way to embody yourself and avatars is how you do that. And that’s really exciting. The other aspect that we haven’t talked as much about, but I think is also really critical as avatars unlock a whole new way for people to express different parts of their identity, express who they are, how they’re feeling.”
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She said the company last overhauled the avatars in April 2021 to make them more expressive, more customizable, and more diverse. But that
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