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Facebook adds new avatars to Oculus VR: Here’s how to get one – Source CNET Computer News

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Facebook previewed its new Oculus VR avatars earlier this year at SXSW. They’re available now.


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Connecting with somebody in VR means manifesting as an avatar: like a video game persona, but for your social world. Starting Friday, April 23, Facebook’s VR avatars are getting an upgrade in some apps. These changes could lay the foundation for Facebook’s social VR as it readies the launch of its next social metaverse, Horizon.

The avatars were teased during a conversation I had with Oculus VR VP Mark Rabkin at SXSW this year. Facebook also used them during…

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