A new study says that women who watch a healthy avatar lose weight themselves. July 3, 2013— -- If you saw a computer game version of yourself regularly exercising and forgoing snack foods ...

Virtual women reveal more skin, regardless of body proportions Date: December 26, 2012 Source: Public Library of Science Summary: In the virtual world of Second Life, female avatars expose ...

The researchers used the 3D animation software Daz3D to design six avatars of men and women with muscular, ... For the illusion to work, players have to accept the avatar as a virtual alter ego.

The woman is a stunningly lifelike virtual-reality avatar, her performance generated by data gathered beforehand. But Sheikh, who heads up Facebook Reality Labs' Pittsburgh location, has another ...

The virtual avatar reproduced her every move in perfect synchrony. Then, still gazing in the mirror, the woman said, “ Casa. Or perhaps her avatar did—the woman couldn’t be sure.

In DecentraLand, my initial avatar was a young Asian woman wearing loud polka dots (see image to the right). ... Avatars in virtual worlds could also follow a much darker path.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is adding a feature to combat virtual-reality harassment days after a woman said she was “virtually gang raped” in the company’s metaverse.

For trans women in the gaming community, there’s an added level of belonging that can be facilitated by the use of virtual avatars. VTubing, short for Virtual YouTubing, is a form of live ...

In the virtual world of Second Life, female avatars expose substantially more skin than males, independent of their virtual body proportions, according to research published Dec. 26 in the open ...