Customize Your Meta Avatar With New Body Shapes, Hair and Clothing Textures, and More Ways to Express Yourself
A billion avatars. Yesterday we got to publicly announce and celebrate that incredible milestone. Over one billion avatars have been created across Meta platforms. That’s a billion times people have reimagined how they show up online—like showing up to meetings in a suit-and-tie while wearing pajamas in real life. Respect.
Our work is ongoing though. Today we’re announcing some improvements to Meta Avatars that will help freshen up your look just in time for spring. We’re adding a handful of new avatar body shapes to help you better express yourself—especially if expressing yourself means dancing along to “Hips Don’t Lie.” We’ve also partnered with PUMA to bring seven outfits to the Meta Avatars Store.
And we continue improving your avatar’s appearance in subtler ways as well, because those details help your personality shine through. Literally shine, as we’re adding a bit more sparkle to your eyes, brushing some volume into your hair, and making clothes look more realistic and textured. You’ll see these changes when you use your avatar outside of VR.
Read on for more details—and a look at those PUMA fits.
Introducing New Body Shapes
Everybody’s different, and every body’s different. Until now, though, the body shape options available when creating your avatar were all a little…same-y. Maybe a little rectangular.
If they worked for you, great! We created them as a good jumping-off point when we launched this iteration of Meta Avatars back in 2021. But we’ve also heard feedback that not all of you can see yourselves in the current options—especially those of you with curves.
So we’re adding more choices, simple as that. Starting this month, you’ll be able to choose from a wider range of body shape options, including two curvier body shapes for the femme-presenting. We’re refining some of our existing options to help differentiate them as well.
Self-expression and representation matter—it’s what makes your avatar feel like you—and we’ll continue adding more customization options to Meta Avatars over time, working towards a future where everyone can create an avatar they love.
New PUMA Looks
Last year we introduced the Meta Avatars Store, a one-stop shop for customizing your avatar across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and in VR. Since launch, we’ve brought in outfits from some of the world’s leading fashion, sports, and lifestyle brands—including Madhappy, the NBA, Prada, and Thom Browne.
Add PUMA to the list. We’ve partnered with sports brand PUMA to offer seven of its sportstyle looks starting May 1. Here’s a look at what’s coming:
Hair and Clothing Textures
Lastly, we’ve overhauled how your avatar’s hair, clothing, and eyes appear in stickers, profile pictures, cover photos, and more.
Sparing you the nitty-gritty technical breakdown, we’ve added additional detail and realism to both hair and clothing—meaning whether you’re rocking a clean fade and suit or bedhead and sweats, your avatar should “pop” a little better than before. We’ve also tweaked our lighting model to add a little more of a reflective gleam to your eyes, making them sparkle and bring your personality to life.
Keep an eye out for more changes. We have a lot of improvements coming to Meta Avatars this year, and we can’t wait to share more!
