[jronsomers]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. This could be a good thing by saving celebrities the need to appear perfect everywhere.

However, I feel like this could be a whole new ball game in terms of setting unrealistic expectations (not that they aren't doing that anyway with photoshop). But if it is transparent that these IG models are virtual and not real, maybe that will help kids understand that real humans can't look as perfect as a virtual model and that helps them create realistic expectations?

edit: I suppose they could also use virtual models and fatten them up / give them more acne to make them more 'realistic'

[mkirklions]

I'm going with unrealistic expectations.

Instagram celebs are either hot girls, or guys with lots of money to pay for promoted content.

They dont take their own photos, they use professional photographers. Anyone without the professional style or not willing to play facebook's algorithm game loses out.

The internet is getting very specialized and content quality is skyrocketing.

[rainbowmverse]

>> Instagram celebs are either hot girls, or guys with lots of money to pay for promoted content.

Guys are hot, too. Not all of them need to pay for ads, and not all the women got there without it.

[Cthulhu_]

Why bother when you could have normal people too? I mean I guess the main thing why you'd want a virtual model is to give them an unnatural appearance, like the Miquela character mentioned in the article, or err, the one with the huge eyes in a recent or upcoming movie.

[mooreds]

Because the virtual models are cheaper and will be wholly owned and operated by the company that owns them?