Learn how to create a metaverse avatar: Choose platforms, design faces, customize features and explore virtual identities.

Meta, which launched Facebook avatars in 2019, brought the cartoon fun to Instagram on Jan. 31. You can make and use new avatars in Instagram Stories to customize your own 3D likeness.

The second paper introduced new techniques to scan video of human beings to produce 3D virtual avatars of people for digital experiences such as virtual reality and consumer experiences.

Meta released its new Quest avatar system last year, bringing a big upgrade over the previous in terms of expressiveness and customizability. Now the company announced it’s standardizing those ...