Zoom announced human avatars today for its video meeting app. Like Apple’s Memoji or the humanoid cartoons Mark Zuckerberg wants us to use in the metaverse, the customizable virtual characters mirror ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

Zoom's new "Avatars" filter can turn you into a virtual animal during meetings. Your Zoom animal avatar will smile, move their head, and blink whenever you do. To turn on Zoom's animal filter, open ...

Last year, the story of a lawyer turning up to a hearing on a Zoom call with a cat filter went viral. It was hilarious and absurd. But the folks at Zoom seem to have liked it so much, they’re ...

Zoom is adding new avatars that will allow you to appear in conference calls as one of your favorite barnyard friends. Like Apple’s Animoji, you can disguise your appearance as a bunny, dog, raccoon, ...

Zoom on Wednesday launched new products at its Zoomtopia conference, including an upgraded AI companion that can work across meeting apps, as well as the ability to add your own notes, AI-powered ...

You're probably more than a little tired of video meetings at this (hopefully late) stage of the pandemic, but Zoom thinks it can inject some life into them. The company has introduced avatars that ...

Zoom is launching a new feature for its video communication platform, Avatars, which will be available in and Zoom Webinar. You will be able to turn up to your next meeting with an Avatar of an animal ...

If you’ve ever wanted to call in sick and let an AI take over on your next Zoom meeting — well, that future isn’t quite here yet. But Zoom is adding “photorealistic avatars” to Zoom Workplace in ...