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What's next for hair? At CitizenCon, we showed a number of culturally diverse and representative hairstyles, some of which were deemed game ready, but they're still not in 3.23, things like the mohawk. What can you tell us about the future of hair beyond 3.23?

TL;DRMore hairstyles are coming, including mohawks and dreadlocks, intended to be released themed with updates and new systems, with fur for clothing and creatures also a direction, though early in research.

AndreLead Artist, Hair

Well, first thing is there's going to be a lot more variety. That's the first thing. So all the questions that were in Spectrum relating to, are we going to get this, are we going to get that, the dreadlocks, this and that, all that. The answer is yes, you are going to get all that. I have no doubt about it because that's the direction everything is going. Some of these assets are already done as well. So that's predictable for you guys and very easy for me to say, yes, they're going to come. The idea is basically to release these themed with the updates that we're getting. So imagine when Pyro actually comes to the verse and goes live, you're going to have more mohawks and you're going to have dreadlocks and urban style and grungy. And with other things which would be more formal, then you get more formal hairstyles, clean and slick. So we're going to try and direct it and theme it that way, because it just makes sense that you go to another system and then you get that hairstyle and you get a new piece of clothing or whatever, then you come back to Stanton and you've clearly been somewhere else. So that's the logic of it. But from there, there's also two other big areas that I think will happen at some time. One of them I know is going to happen sooner than the other, which is basically fur and stuff that will go on uniforms and clothing and armors, which is a possibility. And the other one is creatures and animals as well. So hair is going to go into that as well. We're in a very early phase of research and development on that. But it is a direction. It is going to happen. And that's basically the direction the hair is going. So basically, to sum up: a lot more hairstyles, variety, allowing you guys to actually express yourselves the way you want hair-wise. For those who want to keep wearing the helmet, just fire ahead. But then we need all this fauna to have fur, to have hair, and to be enhanced in this manner as well. So this is where the hair is going artistically.

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Published on this date.22 Mar 2024