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Avatar visual effects workers vote to unionize
A group of "influential" visual effects artists who work on the Avatar movies have voted to unionize.
Kris Holt02.01.2024Microsoft Mesh is a virtual meeting platform on Teams
It brings employees' avatars together in a customized space.
Sarah Fielding01.25.2024Netflix's full Avatar: The Last Airbender trailer nails the vibe of the cartoon
Netflix just dropped a full trailer for its live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The two-minute trailer seems to capture the vibe of the cartoon.
Lawrence Bonk01.23.2024Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's adventurous spirit might just win you over
After a two-hour demo, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is showing a lot of promise. Ubisoft's upcoming game seems like a solid expansion of James Cameron's films
Kris Holt10.30.2023Digital 'immortality' is coming and we're not ready for it
Artificial Intelligence has come a long way, but it might not quite be ready to give us immortality, even digitally. And that's probably a good thing.
James Trew07.19.2023Meta now lets you make video calls using a cartoon avatar
Meta has unveiled the option to use animated avatars for video calls. The company frames this as a “third option” that rests between an audio-only call and a full video call. You can participate in video conversations, but it’ll be your avatar that the other participants see.
Lawrence Bonk07.11.2023Ubisoft’s ‘Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’ arrives on December 7th 2023
Ubisoft’s open-world Avatar game is almost here. We got a substantial look at the story and gameplay of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. James Cameron introduced the game in a prerecorded segment, teasing “new environments new flora and fauna and characters”.
Mat Smith06.12.2023'Avatar: The Way of Water' is coming to Disney+ and Max on June 7th
Avatar: The Way of Water will be available to stream on both Disney+ and Max (the new name for HBO Max) on June 7th. It's a bit unusual to see a major, recent movie land on two platforms at the same time, but there was a deal in place between 20th Century Studios, which Disney has owned since 2019, and HBO for streaming rights to certain theatrical releases.
Kris Holt05.15.2023'Avatar: The Way of Water' is the first great high frame rate movie
Avatar: The Way of Water is a triumph: It's both a tremendous sequel and a great example of how high frame rate footage looks great.
Devindra Hardawar12.13.2022WhatsApp now supports Meta's bitmoji-like avatars
WhatsApp now supports Meta's decidedly bitmoji-like avatars for use as stickers.
Jon Fingas12.07.2022Meta's VR legs video wasn't what it seemed
The animated Mark Zuckerberg shown jumping on screen apparently used motion capture.
Mariella Moon10.14.2022NVIDIA helps bring more lifelike avatars to chatbots and games
NVIDIA has unveiled tools that could see realistic AI avatars come to more apps and games.
Jon Fingas08.10.2022Ubisoft delays 'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' to 2023 or 2024
Ubisoft has delayed the release of its 'Avatar' game to at least 2023.
Jon Fingas07.21.2022Zoom's new animal avatars are like Animoji for meetings
Zoom has introduced animal avatars that aim to bring fun into meetings — or at least, hide your face.
Jon Fingas03.22.2022Meta's upgraded 3D avatars work across Facebook, Instagram and VR
Meta has rolled out new 3D avatars you can use across Facebook, Instagram and VR, giving you the same look wherever you are.
Jon Fingas01.31.2022NVIDIA created a toy replica of its CEO to demo its new AI avatars
NVIDIA has advanced its AI voice and avatar technology in uncanny ways. You could talk to assistants that look like real people — or toys.
Jon Fingas11.09.2021Honda announces plans to build electric VTOLs and telepresence robots
Honda announced Thursday that it is working to develop, remote telepresence robots, electric VTOLs for short-hop commutes, and a fuel-cell driven power generation system for the lunar surface.
Andrew Tarantola09.30.2021Grimes, Will.i.am and Alanis Morrissette will judge an avatar singing TV show
Grimes, Alanis Morrissette and Will.i.am are poised to judge a 'world's first' avatar singing competition show.
Jon Fingas07.18.2021Ubisoft's Avatar game will arrive in 2022
Ubisoft has revealed that 'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' will release in 2022, and it won't be available for last-gen consoles.
Jon Fingas06.12.2021Oculus debuts its more customizable VR avatars
Oculus has rolled out brand new VR Avatars that are more customizable, right down to facial features.
Jon Fingas04.23.2021