Zoom announced human avatars today for its video meeting app. Like Apple’s Memoji or the humanoid cartoons Mark Zuckerberg wants us to use in the metaverse, the customizable virtual characters mirror ...

Zoom's new "Avatars" filter can turn you into a virtual animal during meetings. Your Zoom animal avatar will smile, move their head, and blink whenever you do. To turn on Zoom's animal filter, open ...

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Last year, the story of a lawyer turning up to a hearing on a Zoom call with a cat filter went viral. It was hilarious and absurd. But the folks at Zoom seem to have liked it so much, they’re ...

Zoom will let you show up to your next meeting as a rabbit, fox, dog, or another type of animal, using its new Avatars feature that replaces you with a virtual character that copies your expressions, ...