October 14, 2022 12:59 am
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23403650/horizon-metaverse-legs-demonstration-motion-capture
Did Mark Zuckerbergs little dance actually show us real metaverse legs?
During Meta’s Connect conference on Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg made a huge announcement: the avatars in the company’s Horizon VR app will be getting legs soon. To demonstrate this groundbreaking technical achievement, Zuckerberg’s digital avatar lifted each leg in the air, then did a jump, while Aigerim Shorman’s avatar kicked into the air.
It may have all been for show. According to UploadVR editor Ian Hamilton, an unnamed Meta spokesperson said that the “the segment featured animations created from motion capture,” meant to “enable this preview of what’s to come.” To me that reads like what we saw wasn’t actually a demo of what Horizon’s legs will look like, but rather an artist’s interpretation of what Horizon’s legs may end up looking...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23403650/horizon-metaverse-legs-demonstration-motion-capture
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