As part of its filter collection, video conferencing service Zoom has launched virtual avatars into beta worldwide. Announcing (opens in new tab) the new feature on its blog, Zoom said that the avatars would make meetings “more flexible and fun”, allowing users to “display [their] ‘virtual you’”. The “original and fun” feature comes relatively hot on the heels of Microsoft Teams adding similar, albeit better looking avatars to users in the Technical Access Program in October 2022, that in turn are reminiscent of those seen in Meta’s Horizon Workrooms workplace metaverse.
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