News: MS wants Avatars to reflect your shape (Eurogamer)

Patents “Physical Characteristics” system. Microsoft wants your Avatar to actually look like you, judging by a patent application for “Avatar Individualised by Physical Characteristics”. The aim is to eliminate the “artificiality” of Avatars in order to encourage you to do some exercise and also make it easier to tell whether the person you’re speaking to looks the way they portray themselves …
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