When American science fiction writer Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in the ‘90s in Snow Crash magazine, who would have thought that the concept would become what it is today? But as ...

A lifelong Manchester City fan stands in front of a 3D virtual avatar of the team’s star player, Erling Haaland, at an EA Sports FC prelaunch event. Towering and lifelike, the avatar’s every grin, ...

New research projects from Apple Inc. into artificial intelligence have shown that the company is forging ahead with generative AI tools that will bring significant efforts to the industry including ...

Creating realistic avatars for social interaction in 3D media has been a longtime dream of many people. Avatars that you can recognize create emotional attachment, making interactions more efficient, ...

LightX and Monica are the best for generating static avatars from a photo. If you want to generate a video avatar from an image, you can use the free tier options on the HeyGen platform. If you want ...

If you've ever wanted to appear like you're attending a meeting, Microsoft Teams is about to help you out. According to the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company plans to roll out 3D avatars to Microsoft ...

Microsoft Teams now supports Mesh, allowing 3D avatars and Meta Quest integration meant to make your work meetings a lot more uncomfortable. Reading time 3 minutes Big tech’s big dreams of a corporate ...

It’s been a couple of years since Snapchat made the shift to 3D avatars. The company said at the time that it gave users more ways than ever to represent themselves. Two years later, the complaints ...