At its Oculus Connect event today, the VR company announced a new project: Oculus Avatars, designed to give you a real presence in virtual reality.
The avatars themselves are stylized but much more detailed compared to something like Nintendo’s Miis. You’re able to customize your character to make it look like you, choosing from a range of cosmetic options. The process looks a lot like character creation in a video game. “We want to enable social presence at the platform level,” explained Nate Mitchell, Oculus co-founder and VP of product. The avatars will be launching alongside the upcoming Oculus Touch controllers, and will be coming to mobile in 2017. The avatars will also have a social element; when you interact with friends you’ll be able to see their avatars.
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Source: The Verge