Counting 215 comments and nobody quoted Neil Stephenson yet. The books are worth reading, dear young ones.
"The people are pieces of software called avatars. They are the audiovisual bodies that people use to communicate with each other in the Metaverse. ...
Your avatar can look any way you want it to, up to the limitations of your equipment. If you're ugly, you can make your avatar beautiful. If you've just
gotten out of bed, your avatar can still be wearing beautiful clothes and professionally applied makeup. You can look like a gorilla or a dragon or a
giant talking penis in the Metaverse. Spend five minutes walking down the Street and you will see all of these."
"The people are pieces of software called avatars. They are the audiovisual bodies that people use to communicate with each other in the Metaverse. ...
Your avatar can look any way you want it to, up to the limitations of your equipment. If you're ugly, you can make your avatar beautiful. If you've just gotten out of bed, your avatar can still be wearing beautiful clothes and professionally applied makeup. You can look like a gorilla or a dragon or a giant talking penis in the Metaverse. Spend five minutes walking down the Street and you will see all of these."