Mark Zuckerberg announced at Meta Connect 2022 that avatars will soon include legs in Horizon Worlds, using Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro’s built-in tracking technology. Meta will also include more tools for developers to tie them in with headset tracking so that they may also include legs.

“Avatars will be central to how we express ourselves in the future.” Zuckerberg said during the Meta Connect event. Admittedly, the current floating torsos in Horizon Worlds are a bit off-putting, so it’ll be nice to see people with legs.

The problem so far has been what Zuckerberg described as occlusion: the sensors’ inability to see your legs when you’re sitting. The AI ​​couldn’t guess what your legs looked like and Meta felt it was more disturbing to see something strange,…