Meta's new holographic avatars are here and they're surprisingly real
Big Tech Meta Meta's new holographic avatars are here and they're surprisingly real They're a notable improvement over the company's earlier attempts at digital likeness. That's how far the company's avatar technology has come in the last couple years. Meta announced at Connect that it's bringing its holographic avatars to its new VR glasses and to the Meta Ray-Ban Display frames.
- ▪Big Tech Meta Meta's new holographic avatars are here and they're surprisingly real They're a notable improvement over the company's earlier attempts at digital likeness.
- ▪That's how far the company's avatar technology has come in the last couple years.
- ▪Meta announced at Connect that it's bringing its holographic avatars to its new VR glasses and to the Meta Ray-Ban Display frames.
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| Publication time | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:53:01 +0000 |
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Big Tech Meta Meta's new holographic avatars are here and they're surprisingly real They're a notable improvement over the company's earlier attempts at digital likeness. By Karissa Bell Sept. 23, 2026 7:53 pm EST Meta Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover I'm almost embarrassed to admit that the first time I saw one of Meta's new holographic avatars today, during a WhatsApp call with a Meta rep I had just met a few minutes before, I didn't immediately clock that I was speaking to an avatar. That's how far the company's avatar technology has come in the last couple years. Meta announced at Connect that it's bringing its holographic avatars to its new VR glasses and to the Meta Ray-Ban Display frames.
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