Roblox, the popular online gaming platform, has introduced a new feature that allows players to customize their avatars with facial capture animations.

Roblox will offer layered clothing and facial gestures for more realistic avatars The company announced the experimental features at its annual developer conference.

Roblox Connect weaves Roblox's existing avatars, voice chat and camera-based facial animations together into a new product.

U.S. gaming platform Roblox Corp said on Monday it has acquired Loom.ai, a San Francisco-based startup providing real-time facial animation technology for 3D avatars.

At its annual developer's conference, Roblox detailed its near-future plans to expand beyond its identity as a game platform for kids. The company is already pushing into new demographics — Roblox ...