A consumer poses with her favorite "virtual character" at an event during the "cosplay commission." Photo: Courtesy of a consumer As she stared at her favorite "virtual character" standing in the ...

Virtual worlds allow us to reinvent ourselves and build new lives. But some of our troubles follow us there. A look at navigating community, love, and work in digital realms. Skip to content. 1A ...

“We Met in Virtual Reality” reveals how people have processed romance, death, identity, and hope through headsets, avatars, and a new kind of connection. Welcome to the future.

People use an avatar and can meet up at virtual bars or go on a first date in another virtual world. For Farwell and Tan, it was important to include tools to help users navigate unwanted advances.

Like Samantha and Cayden, many Nevermet users connect on VRChat, where their custom avatars move through any of the platform’s 25,000 community-created virtual worlds. Samantha’s avatar is a ...

Games are fun and all, but some of the best experiences in virtual reality can just be walking through immersive worlds. VRChat, the VR social and games platform available on nearly every platform ...

EXCLUSIVE: Love Island and I’m a Celebrity ... Group, has struck a deal expanded its existing pact with Animoca Brands-owned platform The Sandbox to create reality TV virtual world ShowCity, ...

Young Chinese Women Find Virtual Love In 'Deepspace' Launched last year, the game blends monster-hunting action with sometimes-raunchy cutscenes in a futuristic world where "love knows no bounds" ...

We take a look at the companies moving the business of love to the metaverse. Hannah Mullane meets Aurora Townsend, co-founder of the world’s first virtual reality dating app, who tells us about ...

Virtual worlds allow us to reinvent ourselves and build new lives. But some of our troubles follow us there. A look at navigating community, love, and work in digital realms.