Microsoft Teams will let you transform into a 3D avatar in May

Dear anybody thinking of using this,

Don't. If you don't want to show us your expressions and emotions in a call, choose a nice photo of yourself. If you don't want to appear at all, choose a nice icon.

An animating 3d avatar will not help you communicate your thoughts and ideas. It will be a distracting waste of bandwidth.

(Or worse, we will think you are happy and smiling when actually you are upset and frowning. )

I can't lie, if I was on a Teams call with someone who was doing this, it would come off as quite unprofessional. Kind of like using a bunch of emojis in an email about a serious topic, I think it should be relegated to consumer use.

I’m wondering if Gen Z and after will find this more palatable.

I'm Gen Z, even for me it's too much. I think as well that by the time Gen Alpha is in the workforce it will be a lame thing for old people to them - Memojis and reaction GIFs already feel like that to me.

Still pending, a setting for notifications in between none at all and every fucking single one.

That’s great news. The world has waited too long for this stupid and useless feature.