What if anyone or anything could be imagined and brought to life? In VRChat, identity is limitless. From sleek cyborgs to ...

Imagine speaking to someone across the world and seeing their facial expressions in real-time, as if they were sitting right ...

A few years ago, several startups with a specific focus on digital avatars appeared because of all the metaverse buzz. While ...

AvatarOS, a virtual avatar startup, was founded by Isaac Bratzel, who helped build virtual influencer Lil Miquela.

Robotics professor Masahiro Mori named this phenomenon the “ uncanny valley ” in 1970: Models that look like human faces but ...

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Zoom, the renowned video calling platform, adds another new feature in its version 5.10: the possibility of applying virtual avatars that replace the faces of the members in a call.

In this work, we explore how advances in augmented reality technologies are creating a new design space for long-distance telepresence communication through virtual avatars. Studies have shown that ...