How to create an avatar in Meta?
Directly in a story or direct message, Instagram gives you the option to create your own avatar when one of your friends sends you theirs. All you have to do in this case is click on ‘Learn more’, which will redirect you to a page where you can choose your skin tone and start creating your ‘other self’.
Although Mark Zuckerberg’s company already had a version of this type of avatar on Facebook, the new update allows for more hair style, piercing and outfit options. After choosing your skin tone, it will guide you through the type of hair, eyes, mouth and face so that you can create your new digital character.
When you have finished dressing and configuring your avatar, the app will tell you if you agree with the result and will create your new self.
Said update also arrived today in the United States, Canada and Mexico, where the virtual self of users can be used as a sticker or in comments on Meta’s social networks.
According to Meta, the implementation of avatars on its platforms and on devices that all users are familiar with, such as smartphones and computers, is a first step in realizing the metaverse as an interconnected digital world that will go to another level. with virtual reality, augmented reality and Quest, which are key parts of his vision of the metaverse.
Among the accessories and options that stand out in this new version of avatars is the possibility of including wheelchairs, the characteristic bindu and less binary bodies.
What if you created an avatar on Facebook?
The platform will automatically update your digital self, but you can always make changes to the appearance and attire of your other self, since the idea is that you use this type of resource on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and soon on your Oculus.