A Zepeto is a name given to the digital avatar, or it could also refer to our virtual self created in the Zepeto application. This avatar can be customized in different ways with the options and elements available in the app. Some of them are:
Facial features: You can modify every aspect of the face of your character, such as the type of hairstyle, eyebrows, color, and shape of its eyes, beard, or mustache. Everything you can imagine.
Clothing: Dress your avatar Zepeto to your liking. Try a new shirt, a skirt you like, a pair of sunglasses, or luxury glasses. With Zepeto, there are no limits.
Environment: Decorate and place your Zepeto avatar in different places. You will be able to change the furniture and other items in a room or virtual set.
The app has a store where you can buy all kinds of new items to customize your Zepeto avatar
Create your avatar and interact with other users
How it works is as simple as taking a selfie or using a photo from our gallery to instantly turn it into an emoji. From there on, we can customize its aspect, however, we like to create an environment through which we'll introduce ourselves to the rest of users. The only limit is our imagination. We can create greetings, decorate our virtual home with plants and furniture, and even take part in daily quests.
A social network surrounded by controversies
This social network created by the same developers of the instant messaging app SNOW has quickly gone viral and it's not surprising to see their 3D avatars used in other messaging apps and social networks. However, it has been immersed in plenty of controversies as of late. A rumor has started to spread over the Internet saying that ZEPETO tracked and monitored its users through the camera and microphone of their mobile devices (very similar to Talking Tom Cat's eyes). It all stems from several Twitter accounts that alerted that if you held your phone up to your ear whilst the application was running, you could hear a strange sound, sometimes static noise and sometimes a beep sound.
Due to this hoax (it has already been proven that ZEPETO doesn't spy on anyone), thousands of users have started to uninstall the app from their smartphones and tablets, building the credibility of this unfounded rumor, as that noise is usual in any application that makes use of our microphone. Don't worry, it isn't any kind of tracker.
