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 ...

Love in the time of Second Life Just because someone isn’t in a relationship doesn’t mean they can’t feel love. In the age where virtual communities like Second Life have more than one ...

“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.

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 ...

The digitised self in virtual space is complex, however. Though it enables you to be emotionally immersed within the technology and for you to have a digital presence in the VR world that others ...

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.

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… Get Me Out of Here! are the latest unscripted TV franchises to enter the metaverse. The ITV Studios-owned formats will form part of ShowCity, an ...

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.

“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.

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 ...