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It's hard for Meta's virtual-reality avatars to have legs, says Zuckerberg

Why is it so hard to build a metaverse avatar a visual representation of ourselves in the digital world that walks on two legs? I think everyone has been waiting for this," said a cartoonish digital version of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, unveiling his new avatar legs and jumping up and down at a virtual-reality event Tuesday. "But seriously, legs are hard. Which is why other virtual reality systems don't have them either. Early avatar models introduced by Meta, as well as Microsoft, have been ridiculed for appearing as legless, waist-up bodies floating around their virtual worlds. That's in part because tech companies have been eager to show off their progress in building out virtual-reality environments while still working on the technical challenges of making avatars more human-like and realistic. Meta renamed itself from Facebook last year in hopes of jumpstarting its corporate transformation into a provider of metaverse experiences for work and play. Zuckerberg described legs a

Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 unveiled as Meta Quest Pro's chipset

It also supports 8K 60fps 360-degree video, 'concurrent perception' technologies, including head, hand, and controller tracking, 3D reconstruction, automatic room mapping, and high pixel density

Zuckerberg loses over 119 mn followers on Facebook, less than 10k left now

Several users of Meta's Facebook are complaining losing majority of their followers on the social media platform due to unknown reasons. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost over 119 million followers which has brought down his follower count to below 10,000. "Facebook created a tsunami that wiped away my almost 900,000 followers and left only 9000 something on the shore. I kind of like Facebook's comedy," exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen tweeted. When contacted, a Meta spokesperson said, We're aware that some people are seeing inconsistent follower count on their Facebook profiles. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Microsoft, Meta announce partnership to deliver immersive experiences in VR

Microsoft and Meta have partnered to deliver immersive experiences in VR. This collaboration will bring Teams and Microsoft's other productive tools to VR headset

Metaverse in India: The challenge of buying land and painting houses

VR headsets are gradually becoming somewhat accessible, with an Oculus Go priced at Rs 22,000. Several start-up founders say they are also developing software for laptops and mobile devices.

Meta launches metaverse-ready VR headset Quest Pro at $1500: What's new

Meta partnered with Microsoft to bring work and productivity tools for Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 2 from next year, including apps for Microsoft Windows 365 and Microsoft Teams

Meta wants you to work in virtual reality - here's what that's like

Meta Platforms Inc has made it clear that it wants to infiltrate the business world with virtual reality technology

Global metaverse market likely to reach $996 bn in 2030 with 39% CAGR

The global metaverse market is expected to reach $996 billion in 2030, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39.8 per cent

Meta allows users to report bugs in social metaverse app Horizon Worlds

Meta has allowed the users of its social metaverse app Horizon Worlds to report bugs on the platform with ease.

Meta rolls out new ad placements, formats on Instagram to help advertisers

When a person engages with an ad, the company will deliver ads underneath that it thinks may be of interest, powered by machine learning

Meta rolls out 'show more' and 'show less' feature for Facebook's News Feed

You can choose to Show more or Show less on posts by tapping into the three-dot menu in the upper right-hand corner

Thai Translucia joins Sunovatech India for metaverse ecosystem worth $3 bn

Translucia, a subsidiary of T&B Media Global (Thailand) on Wednesday partnered with immersive and Extended reality company Sunovatech India, along with other global partners, to build a metaverse ecosystem worth $3 billion.

People still don't know what metaverse is all about: Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that while many tech companies are bullish on metaverse, he is not sure if the average person can tell you what the metaverse actually is

Meta to make it easier to switch between FB, Instagram accounts globally

Users will now also be able to create an account with their existing Facebook or Instagram login and use it to sign up for additional accounts and profiles

WhatsApp working to let users create polls in group chat, says report

A screenshot showed that the camera shortcut is placed within the navigation bar and it will show up for those users that can already create a community in the future

IT Ministry, Meta to fund 40 start-ups working in extended reality tech

The programme will give Rs 20 lakh each to the start-ups and it will include a challenge aimed at promoting XR

WhatsApp new feature: Search chats by date. Here is how to do it

WhatsApp New Feature: The meta-owned platform announced the new feature where users can search the chat with the mentioned date instead of typing keywords. Read this detailed report to know more

Indian advertisers on Meta Platform get no-cost EMI for three months

Move designed to support their working capital needs; Meta to bear applicable interest payable to the bank, and give it as upfront discount to advertiser

Coforge announces opening of CoE for metaverse, Web3 innovations in India

It has entered a partnership with industry leaders like Virbela, Hedera and R3 for their Metaverse and Web3 offerings and has more partnerships in the pipeline

45th Reliance AGM Meet 2022: New announcement, key points, and highlights

45th Reliance AGM Meeting 2022: Reliance(RIL) will partner with Meta, Microsoft, Google and Intel for the next-generation technology. 5G will roll out in India by Diwali 2022. Read to know everything