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Fahrenheit 451 TV-show-avatar tech becomes real

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Posted: Apr 29, 2007

In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 people were completely absorbed in a hybrid form of virtual reality/reality TV in which their life sized avatars participated in soap operas. Well, dream no longer:

EA and Endemol are partnering to launch Virtual Me, an avatar-based offering that will allow users to participate in virtual versions of several TV talent shows and game shows. Virtual Me users can also socialize and form relationships with other virtual avatars, much the way they currently do in Linden Lab’s “Second Life.”

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