Zuckerberg Wows as Lifelike Avatar in Podcast Demo of Meta's New Codec Avatars Tech

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared as a photorealistic avatar in a podcast, impressing many on social media with the realism of the technology.
The avatars were created using Meta's latest Codec Avatars software and required expensive hardware and scans.
Podcast host Lex Fridman said the avatar felt incredibly realistic and he forgot it wasn't physically Zuckerberg.
The technology is still 3+ years away from being widely available to consumers, though Meta aims to make it more accessible.
The demo comes a day after Meta unveiled its new AI assistant Meta AI to compete with ChatGPT.

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