<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>The writer's Slack avatar, based on their Vision Pro persona, was notably cursed with unmoving hair and an awkward pose, but appeared uniform with others' avatars.</li><li>At WWDC keynote, Apple introduced visionOS 26 with enhanced floating avatars, leading to positive expectations.</li><li>The new avatar creation process remains similar, resulting in significantly improved avatars with more details like hair texture, eyelashes, and skin texture.</li><li>While some uncanniness remains, such as limited expressiveness in the upper face and stiffness in some microexpressions, overall hair now looks more natural.</li><li>Notable improvements include capturing details like nose contour makeup and enhancing side profiles, as experienced during a FaceTime call.</li></ul>

Praise be, my visionOS 26 persona is significantly less cursed!

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