Customize your appearance in VR with Oculus avatars
In VR, you can be anybody.
Oculus avatars allow anyone using the Rift to create a customized version of themselves, complete with more than 1 billion permutations of clothing, accessories, hair, face and color choices. Oculus VP of Product Nate Mitchell introduced the new avatar system, personalizing a character live on stage during today's Oculus Connect 3 event. The avatars will be used in various games and social experiences in the Oculus ecosystem, including the newly announced VR Rooms and Sports Bar VR, and the whole endeavor goes live when the Touch controllers ship on December 6th.
The avatars are more like busts and they come in a range of colors, from Academy Award gold to bright pink. The digital representations move as you do in real life, using the Touch controllers to gesture and wave. These look different than the Facebook-centric avatars that CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off earlier in the conference.
