Meta’s Codec Avatars: These are photoreal, real-time digital doubles. Using cameras inside a VR/AR headset, Meta’s system drives a lifelike face that mirrors your expressions and eye movement with high fidelity. Newer prototypes even support changeable hairstyles for more flexible looks. The goal is FaceTime-level social presence that feels like ‘you’ not a cartoon.

What that means next. Expect steadier progress toward instant setup (capture with a phone, calibrate fast) and better performance on standalone headsets, so highly realistic avatars aren’t confined to labs.

Meta Codec Avatar

MetaHuman: is a full framework for making and animating realistic digital people for games, film, and real-time apps.

Where MetaHuman is going: The trend is toward “everywhere” characters: higher fidelity in real time, simpler consumer devices. Put simply, MetaHuman is becoming the default scaffolding for believable digital actors across games, virtual production, and interactive experiences.

Metahumans

Resources

EPIC Games. Metahuman.

Perception Neuron Studio. Capture the essence of motion.

Bundle of Rays. Revolutionizing Nursing & Patient Education through Virtual Reality.