We've partnered with Meta for Education, which provides its partner apps with a software development kit containing approximately 30 diverse avatar designs created by the Meta team. We opted to implement most of these designs to offer a wide variety. For our Conversation Partners, we specifically select avatars from this collection that depict diverse professionals in appropriate work attire, prioritizing these over more eclectic personas, as this better aligns with our community and brand.

The number of Conversation Partners in a Community scene is determined by the scene's size. Our largest scene accommodates four Conversation Partners, while other scenes host three. This distribution helps space out interactions, as all conversations occur in public areas and are audible. We considered what it would be like if every avatar station in a scene was occupied by someone talking and adjusted the spacing accordingly. Additionally, we needed to distribute 19 avatars across 7 scenes, and this arrangement provided the best breakdown to avoid avatar repeats within scenes.

While IMMERSE currently doesn't have plans to update or create new versions of its avatars, we remain hopeful that Meta might develop new skins and share them with partner applications through a future software development kit, which would then allow us to explore these possibilities.

Avatars are programmed to speak at different rates: slower for lower levels and at a normal native pace for higher levels. While you can replay what an avatar said or translate words/sentences using the Language Assist Feature, there is currently no built-in function to adjust the text-to-speech rate. Avatar accents are also pre-programmed and cannot be changed. If you'd like to see these features in the future, please submit a Feedback Ticket via our support beacon.

Absolutely! If our AI Avatars say something you think is inappropriate, please screenshot it and send it to our support team so we can look into it. Our developers and education team have carefully designed them to follow IMMERSE community guidelines and ignore any any negative input. They're here to help you learn languages, not to be used for mischievous purposes.

If you encounter difficulties with an AI Avatar, try rephrasing your question, asking for clarification, or redirecting the conversation. Should a particularly frustrating interaction occur, please provide a detailed account or screenshot of the conversation to our support team. This information will enable developers to adjust the avatar's prompting, aiming to resolve the issue you experienced. Our goal is to assist you, not impede your progress.