[taurath]

On the Internet, you can be anything you want. Facebook thinks most people will want to be a generic floating body with a cartoon human head. They missed the point - self expression is what people want.

[shasheene]

Facebook's realistic VR avatar research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCB_mfGmh9w&t=1h47m12s

[Kiro]

Your theory about what people want has already been debunked by the popularity of existing social spaces in VR which have the same type of avatars.

[aplummer]

This is actually a clone of a really popular app that’s already out, so seems to be what people want!

[buraequete]

Do you mean "VRChat" maybe? I feel like Horizon will be more like an "Internet" where you can access other games/experiences. Not bare-bones, chat-only like VRChat, but that's just my guess.

[Kiro]

Probably means Rec Room or Altspaces. With that said, VRChat is certainly not just bare bones chat. There are rooms for everything with all kind of games. Think Roblox.

[nikkwong]

That app being?

[aplummer]

Sorry I should have said, it’s called Rec Room

[WilliamEdward]

Just look at VR Chat, the ability to have custom avatars is why a lot of people liked it. This is facebook shoving its awkward style onto the user.

[Aeolun]

The only time I played that it was just a quest to find the most interesting avatar.

[Kiro]

And how do you explain the popularity of Rec Room then?