https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/23/snapchat-knows-you-want-to-see-what-youd-look-like-in-the-metaverse/

Snapchat released an Avatar lens AR filter today, which makes you look like a Sims character. Or, in more modern parlance, it makes you look like what you’d look like in the metaverse. To use the lens, open your camera in the Snapchat app to scan the QR code on Snapchat’s website, then look at how scarily smooth your skin is in the metaverse, where freckles and acne evidently do not exist.

A new Snapchat lens isn’t inherently notable, especially as the company goes all-in on augmented reality — but this is a continuation of a years-long, on-and-off viral trend. And if the past is any indication, it’ll probably go viral and crop up on TikTok soon.