I'm a member of a relatively well known queer VR group. I think when I initially found them I was still identifying as asexual so it doesn't really count... but anyway, the main reason I had started visiting that group was because I figured it would be one of the least right-wing spaces I could join... that group, as it turns out, also has some of the best moderators on the whole platform, and the worlds they run are well kept, trolls caught early, etc etc.
I'm always cautious when it comes to AI. Like you said it follows a lot of stereotypes and such, and I noticed it messed with my eye shapes in the picture a little bit. It's why I'll never trust the "AI/AR try on" features in clothes shopping, either (also it defeats half the point of trying it on, which is seeing how it feels to wear).
I feel like I could be a lot prettier, or not. It's a complete mystery until it happens...
update: I played with it some more and oh my god is it even possible I could be this pretty someday???? I want to post it but then I'd be showing my face 😞
edit: I also don't look like my mom OR my ex this way!!
(the really sucky part now is, I now have three names for myself, the only place I'm currently going by Hailey is here... and I never finished rolling out Hal, so it's kinda breaking my brain that now I want to kinda clean all that up. Domain names, usernames, display names... school is the only IRL place I managed to go by Hal, everyone else knows me by my birthname... I'm holding back on tangenting on the logistics of social name changing & of course coming out.....)
I had actually agonized over a new male name before, and eventually I settled on Hal... and it didn't take long before the idea of a Hailey appeared... I couldn't shake the name so it ended up sticking to an idea of an idealized partner. So when I found out I'm trans, it was only natural to pick Hailey.
Now, there are multiple equally valid (and a few invalid) ways to spell it so that was just kinda vibes
yeah.... I can't really get outside of my house so um having that as an option would be great... (I'm not yet brave enough to look up what it's like to do that in my state)
god I came into the comments just to say this!