(Photo : Flickr/ahmed adel) Oculus Quest avatar upgrade
Oculus is starting to roll out redesigned avatars that are better, more expressive and customizable. This is the first upgrade that Oculus has done on avatars since 2016.
The avatars will appear starting Apr. 23 in just a few games for the Quest VR platform, including Epic Roller Coasters, PokerStarsVR, and Topgolf with Pro Putt.
Soon, they will appear in Synth Riders, and later in the year, a new game called ForeVR Bowling would feature them.
Oculus Avatars Updated
The avatars will have legs in the editor, but they won t appear on your avatar in VR. The new avatar editor apparently allows for a quintillion possible combinations of hair, eyes, body type, facial hair, piercings, clothing, and other features.
26 February 2021, 3:38 am EST By Facebook wants to add Hey Facebook, a similar voice-recognition feature to Siri. ( Justin Doherty from Pexels )
The rise in the popularity of virtual assistants has been dominated by Apple s Siri and Amazon s Alexa. Now, as the brewing war of Apple with Facebook continues, the latter also plans to match the rival s feature with their Hey Facebook for Oculus VR platform Portal. Hey Facebook Will be Your Newest Companion in Facebook s Platforms
According to a blog written on the official Oculus site of Facebook on February 25, the social media company said that it did not figure out a way to interact with virtual reality over the past years.