Meta wants to style your digital avatar
Meta is slowly building out its Metaverse digital ecosystem where avatars can style themselves, while giving users better privacy controls for a secure experience.
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- Last Update:18 June 2022, 13:38 IST
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Meta, formerly called Facebook, is launching a digital clothing store — the Avatar Store — that will let users buy outfits for their avatars.
In a Facebook post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about launching ‘Avatar Stores’ on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, so users can buy digital clothes to style their avatars.
“Digital goods will be an important way to express themselves in the metaverse and a big driver of the creative economy. I am excited to add more brands and bring it to virtual reality (VR) soon,” Zuckerberg said.
The online store will launch in select countries next week and will initially offer digital outfits from Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne.
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The tech giant has not disclosed any pricing information for these digital outfits.
Recently, Meta added parental controls to all Quest VR headsets that will allow parents to monitor underage users’ screen time and receive approval requests for purchases.
The company said it is starting to roll out parental supervision tools to all Quest headsets.
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