The $45 SexGen animates amorous avatars in erotic positions. It is software code, written in the scripting language of “Second Life” and placed in virtual furniture and other objects.

The only thing novel about this case is that the item in question was a piece of furniture made entirely of computer code, and it was bought and sold by 3-D avatars in Second Life, a virtual world ...

The $45 SexGen animates amorous avatars in erotic positions. It is software code, written in the scripting language of Second Life, and placed in virtual furniture and other objects. Avatars click ...

That’s the way it’s been when you create an avatar, or virtual character, in places such as Linden Labs’ Second Life. But now Weblin, a Hamburg, Germany-based startup, has figured out a way ...

A fifteen-year-old cartoon is an unlikely contender for most-watched show in America. And yet when “Avatar: The Last Airbender” arrived on Netflix, in May, it rose through the ranks to become ...

An avatar can’t yet match the experience of a face-to-face human interaction. “What happened at Second Life was that we were good enough for people who were committed enough to really want to ...

there may be plans underfoot for Second Life avatars to possess voice capability. That concept was discussed in a Gartner Symposium ITexpokeynote speech yesterday by Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A startup billing itself as the Better Business Bureau for virtual worlds wants to provide a rating system for avatars — players' online representations — in "Second Life." ...

some are so battered by transphobia in their offline lives that they save expressions of their full self for the gender customizations of their Second Life avatars. And as the U.S. conflicts in ...

Avatars are nothing new — and nor is the idea that we care about how we look online. As the drive towards immersive virtual worlds, or “metaverses,” gathers pace, personalized digital ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of CNN Style’s ongoing project, The September Issues: A thought-provoking hub for conversations about fashion’s impact on people and the planet. Avatars are ...