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Articles tagged "virtual reality"

News

Avatars awaken second selves

by Rick Montgomery [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Feb.08] :. KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Bryan Mnemonic can fly. His suit never wrinkles, and his chiseled body never bruises, not even if he crashes into trees. Bryan Carter wishes he could afford Mnemonic’s...

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More real people are leading virtual lives

by James H. Burnett III [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[22.May.07] :. MIAMI—On Earth, Jared Freedman is not a member of a Masonic Lodge. But in the metaverse, the rapidly expanding universe of virtual worlds springing up on the Internet, Freedman’s avatar,...

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Music
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