# Apple Vision Pro will turn you into a digital avatar for FaceTime calls

URL: https://technosports.co.in/apple-vision-pro-turn-you-into-a-digital-avatar/  
Published: 2023-06-06  
Updated: 2023-06-06  
Author: Raunak Saha

The [new Apple Vision Pro headset](https://technosports.co.in/apple-officially-vision-pro-vr-headset/) introduces a captivating feature that transforms your appearance into a lifelike digital avatar during FaceTime calls. Demonstrated at WWDC 2023, the headset employs a “neural network” to scan your face, creating a hyperrealistic virtual representation that appears in video conversations.

## Apple Vision Pro’s neural network will make your Digital Avatar life-like

![Apple Vision Pro will turn you into a digital avatar for FaceTime calls](https://images.technosports.co.in/2023/06/Screenshot-1123-1024x640.png)

Unlike the more cartoonish avatars available in apps like Microsoft Teams and Meta’s Horizon Worlds, Apple strives to generate a virtual rendition of your true likeness. In the showcased video, a user holds the Vision Pro headset in front of their face, allowing the device to scan their features using an advanced encoder-decoder neural network. Apple emphasizes that this network has been trained on a diverse range of thousands of individuals.

Once scanned, the [Apple Vision Pro](https://technosports.co.in/tag/apple-vr-headset/) headset generates your digital persona, which can accurately track your facial expressions and hand movements during FaceTime interactions. While the video alone doesn’t provide a comprehensive assessment of the feature’s performance, the persona appears remarkably realistic, although it seems to lack a detailed hair texture.

![Apple Vision Pro will turn you into a digital avatar for FaceTime calls](https://images.technosports.co.in/2023/06/apple_facetime_gif.gif)

This functionality offers a practical solution for using FaceTime when a camera is not directly focused on your face, such as when using the app on an iPhone or Mac. However, the headset’s performance in real-world scenarios and the limitations of face scanning (e.g., wearing masks) remain questions to be answered.

Powering the [Apple Vision Pro headset](https://technosports.co.in/tag/apple-vr-headset/)is Apple’s new mixed reality operating system, [visionOS](https://technosports.co.in/what-is-apples-visionos-the-new-os/). Set to be released early next year, the headset will be priced at $3,499. Excitement surrounds the launch, as users eagerly anticipate experiencing the immersive capabilities of the Vision Pro and exploring its diverse features beyond the showcased scenarios.

via [TheVerge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23750096/apple-vision-pro-headset-persona-facetime)