I wonder if your spouse would be impressed that she sees your avatar instead of you in a video call. It may be novel in the first 1-2 times, but then it'll get tiresome very soon. Especially since the avatars are so poorly made (and with teeth, really?).

It has a visual style that looks like a "photorealism" painting. Quite amazing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorealism

Hmmm? The idea of photorealism is that it should look as much as an actual photograph (or reality) as possible. And the best such painters, do.