The biggest reveal at Meta’s Connect event was its long-promised AR glasses, Orion. As expected, the prototype, each of which reportedly costs around $10,000, won’t be ready for the public any time ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled the latest advancement in Meta's VR technology, which is now capable of recreating a photorealistic rendition of the user's face. In an interview hosted by ...

The avatars used in this study were created using the Daz3D software (Version 4.21) and rendered in Unity 2019 (Version 2019.4.18f1). Tsukuba, Japan—The phenomenon known as the Proteus Effect, wherein ...

The phrase "one small step at a time" often takes new meaning in virtual reality endeavors like the metaverse. On Meta Quest, avatars sport a head-to-hips look, floating around without legs. Meta ...

"This is really the most incredible thing I've ever seen," said podcast host Lex Fridman, interviewing Mark Zuckerberg in VR using Meta's stunning new photorealistic avatars, coming soon to Quest, so ...

Our virtual avatars are going on coffee dates in the multiverse. Could our avatars feed our delusions, complicate the quest for The One? It’s been a strange few years, hasn’t it? Apple’s launch of the ...

Infectious avatars in virtual environments (VR) activate the human immune system. This means that the immune system becomes active at the first sign of a possible infection and does not wait to see ...