The new Zoom avatars are made official. This is a new function that is incorporated into the video call and conference platform so that you can create a fun character that will appear for you on the screen and that will allow you to create a different space during transmissions, whether at home, the office or until the school.
New Zoom avatars are available for Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinar services. These fun characters will replace your appearance with that of a virtual animal, which will make the same head movements that you do and will also mimic your facial expressions.
This tool has been created to create a space for fun in conversations , but also as a way to support those who do not want to appear properly in front of the cameras, but still want to show their body language and facial expressions.
How do Zoom avatars work?
Zoom’s new avatar feature recognizes the shape of your face and features such as eyes, nose and mouth to create the desired character , but it does not use facial recognition and will not store any data related to your face or features. facials. So far, only animal avatars are being incorporated, but they plan to add other characters to the list of options soon.
You can use Zoom avatars on Windows and macOS desktop devices, as well as iOS mobile devices . To enable avatars, you will need to verify that your Zoom desktop client or mobile app is updated to version 5.10.0 or higher.
- Once in the app, go to the meeting toolbar, open the video options by selecting the up arrow next to the video icon.
- Then, select the Choose virtual background or Choose video filter option.
- Next, navigate to the “Avatars” tab and choose your avatar.
You can try all the avatars you want , just repeat the process and you can change it again. In case you no longer want to use it, you just have to choose the “None” option in the “Avatars” tab.
