Tongue-tracking in VR has arrived
Meta A new face-tracking extension lets Meta Quest Pro users poke their tongues out at you in a wordless statement of their feelings or even blow a raspberry. How better…
Aging rockers Kiss to let digital avatars tour instead
Kiss during an earlier concert in Finland. Fileri/Creative Commons Performing their final in-person concert on Saturday night at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Kiss used the encore to unveil…
Student avatars collect diplomas in VR graduation ceremony
As the coronavirus pandemic put the kibosh on in-person graduation ceremonies, the faculty and graduating students at one of the top technical universities in India still found a way to…
Facebook Avatars, which are definitely not Bitmoji, are rolling out in the U.S.
Facebook’s Avatars have finally rolled out in the U.S., providing a useful new tool to socially distanced Americans worried they’ll forget what their friends look like. Much like Bitmoji or…