For a while, it seemed like customizable avatars might be the next big thing in console gaming. From Nintendo’s Miis to the Xbox Live Avatars that debuted on Xbox 360 in 2008, the idea of creating a ...

As with any sector of humanity, gamers are a unique and diverse bunch with different ethnic backgrounds, styles and sense of fashion, shapes, sizes, and so forth. For nearly a decade, Xbox gamers ...

Is the tedium of videoconferencing getting you down? Fret not. You'll be pleased to know that, if you're a Teams users, avatars are now generally available for all Microsoft 365 Business and ...

If you've ever wanted to appear like you're attending a meeting, Microsoft Teams is about to help you out. According to the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company plans to roll out 3D avatars to Microsoft ...

Following close at the heels of Facebook’s metaverse-themed rebrand, Microsoft has announced its own “metaverse” ambitions will first take the form of new Teams avatars: Legless, soul-less avatars ...

Microsoft will be adding animated 3D avatars to Microsoft Teams in May, according to Microsoft's product roadmap. The 3D avatars are a component of "Mesh," an initiative Microsoft announced in late ...

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A number of new features for Xbox 360 avatars have been announced by Microsoft, including in-game items as rewards, animated props and a new microtransaction-based Avatar Marketplace. Due to start ...

In its E3 presentation last year, Microsoft announced that it was making a major overhaul to the Xbox avatar system. The goal of the new system is to make the avatars much more representative, ...