{"id":34868,"date":"2023-08-29T19:51:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/29\/meta-avatars-are-finally-getting-legs-in-beta-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T19:51:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:51:29","slug":"meta-avatars-are-finally-getting-legs-in-beta-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/29\/meta-avatars-are-finally-getting-legs-in-beta-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta avatars are finally getting legs (in beta) | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">It\u2019s time to beta test Meta\u2019s greatest technological innovation since the News Feed: legs. Now on Meta Quest headsets, you can download an update that lets you walk on two feet, just like our ancient ancestor, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/becoming-human-the-evolution-of-walking-upright-13837658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ardipithecus ramidus<\/em><\/a>, an early hominid that achieved bipedality 4.4 million years ago. Now, it comes full circle.<\/p>\n<p>When Meta launched its suite of virtual reality social products, its avatars did not have legs, instead hovering as disembodied torsos. Now, our digital likenesses can finally get back on their feet. So far, users report that they only have legs in <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/06\/10\/meta-horizon-home-quest-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horizon Home<\/a>, the area where you find yourself when you first turn on your headset.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed breakout embed-oembed embed--twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The new Leg IK for Meta is a good start. They kept their opinion that you should only see them as a third person view<\/p>\n<p>The lack of crouching is probably the most glaring issue of it so far. But progress \ud83e\udd37 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0s5jmIvuvW\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/0s5jmIvuvW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadlyItsBradley\/status\/1696410026498265276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Quest headsets support hand tracking, a technology that allows users to essentially use their hands instead of controllers, it doesn\u2019t track leg and foot movements. This makes it harder to create legged avatars that feel at least a little bit natural. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/meta-avatars-finally-get-legs-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early testers<\/a> say that you can only see legs in third-person, not first-person, which is supposed to make the visual a little less jarring.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg first announced that Meta was <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/10\/11\/meta-announces-legs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working on legs<\/a> last October. Perhaps now this feature will get up and <em>running<\/em> before Meta\u2019s next Connect event in September.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/29\/meta-avatars-are-finally-getting-legs-in-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to beta test Meta\u2019s greatest technological innovation since the News Feed: legs. Now on Meta Quest headsets, you can download an update that lets you walk on two feet, just like our ancient ancestor, the Ardipithecus ramidus, an early hominid that achieved bipedality 4.4 million years ago. Now, it comes full circle. 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