Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company is taking a big step to make its VR metaverse avatars more realistic: giving them legs.

Ever since Zuckerberg revealed his grand metaverse ambitions nearly a year ago, betting his company’s future on the idea that the next Internet age will depend on virtual and augmented reality, many have criticized the tech giant’s plans as unrealistic and they have made fun of the fact that the 3D digital avatars meant to mimic our bodies currently lack lower limbs.

Zuckerberg himself was ridiculed online when he enthusiastically shared a screenshot of his avatar on his Facebook page in August.

Shortly after, Zuckerberg promised “major graphical updates” to the Meta avatars, and he delivered that update on Tuesday…