A future Facebook update could instantly create emojis and avatars that look just like you. In a recent paper, researchers from Facebook and Tel Aviv University developed a program that can use a ...

Facebook is preparing to trade the yellow smiley for emojis that actually look like you. Beginning Monday, June 3, Facebook Avatars allows users to create their cartoon lookalike — not unlike a ...

This is real-time "avatar" software from Japan that takes video of a person and automagically gives them a new hairstyle, makeup or outfit. It’s really incredible how well it works in real time, and ...

A new online video interview software platform, Shortlister.com, has been unveiled which uses unique life-like avatars to pose questions in the place of the recruiter whilst providing an engaging ...

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Xbox is discontinuing its long-running custom Avatar software, Xbox Avatar Editor, next year. Originally released three years ...

If you've ever struggled with designing the perfect avatar, one company may be able to help. Startup Loom.ai has created a technology that produces an entire avatar from a single still photo. The ...

NATICK, Mass. (March 24, 2017) -- Scientists from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, or USARIEM, have been involved since 2010 in developing a computer program to create ...