Apple Shows Off A 3D Avatar Building App As Part Of A Patent Application

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Patently Apple did what it does and dug up a patent related to building 3D avatars:

This could be for GameCenter or a number of other areas where you would want to create an online personality.

Interestingly, sole inventor Thomas Goossens of Apple Paris originally filed Apple’s patent application in Q3 2010. Before anyone says anything, those thin bezels around the iPad are likely because it is the simulator.

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