Meta's £40/Hour Side Hustle: All You Need Is a Face, a Voice – and Zero Shame

Dubbed Project Warhol, this data-collection effort aims to create lifelike avatars for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) platforms (Credit: Darlene Alderson : Pexels)

Meta is offering a quirky side hustle paying £40 ($53) per hour to anyone willing to let cameras capture their smiles, squats, and small talk for its ambitious metaverse project.

Dubbed Project Warhol, this data-collection effort aims to create life-like avatars for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) platforms, including Meta's Quest headsets and Ray-Ban smart glasses.