Genies is letting consumers create their own 3D avatars.
Genies is letting consumers create their own 3D avatars.
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Genies will let consumers create their own 3D avatars with Giphy and Gucci

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 4 min

Genies is expanding its focus from celebrities to everyday consumers with its 3D avatars for social apps from the likes of Giphy and Gucci.

The company already creates cartoon-like 2D avatars that allow celebrities to make online social media appearances or commercials without actually being present. This has allowed many celebrities to continue making money during the pandemic even when they can’t travel to physical locations.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.