When American science fiction writer Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in the ‘90s in Snow Crash magazine, who would have thought that the concept would become what it is today? But as ...

A lifelong Manchester City fan stands in front of a 3D virtual avatar of the team’s star player, Erling Haaland, at an EA Sports FC prelaunch event. Towering and lifelike, the avatar’s every grin, ...

New research projects from Apple Inc. into artificial intelligence have shown that the company is forging ahead with generative AI tools that will bring significant efforts to the industry including ...

LightX and Monica are the best for generating static avatars from a photo. If you want to generate a video avatar from an image, you can use the free tier options on the HeyGen platform. If you want ...

Copresence, a maker of digital avatar generation software, has raised over $6 million in seed funding. The investment will accelerate the growth of Copresence and further the development of its tech ...

Line Next, a division of a messenger company with 200 million users, has launched a beta of AlphaCrewz, a 3D avatar customization platform with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). That’s a big endorsement for ...

Under 30 alum and Genies cofounder Akash Nigam joins Jabari Young to share how he created a social network where users can create 3D avatars with their own personalities - and his vision for the ...

Microsoft Teams is starting to roll out 3D avatars in an effort to get more people to "turn their camera on." In a blog post, the company announced that it is now rolling out 3D avatars for Microsoft ...

If you've ever wanted to appear like you're attending a meeting, Microsoft Teams is about to help you out. According to the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company plans to roll out 3D avatars to Microsoft ...