06-10-2016 22:43 via theverge.com

I built a beautiful VR avatar in the Oculus Rift

Earlier today, at its Connect keynote, Oculus announced a new avatar system for its Rift — and eventually Gear VR — headsets. Yes, the avatar is not exactly a new piece of technology, even in VR. You can already build an avatar in AltspaceVR or vTime, and Facebook has its own animated avatar setup that Mark Zuckerberg showed off on stage. But these avatars are classy, and I made one.
Instead of being either cartoonish or photorealistic, Oculus decided to go for severe monochrome bust
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