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The Motus system allows users to enter any digital 3D environment, and look around in it as if they were using a camcorder.
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Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a $65,000 robot that acts as an avatar for its user.
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Santos is a virtual person who will be used to assess the physical strain on auto workers at Ford plants.
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It smashed Box Office records worldwide to become the highest grossing film in history, now James Cameron's Avatar is setting new benchmarks in the Blu-ray market.
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Surrogate robots - like those in the movie starring Bruce Willis - might be closer than you think. Two experts give their opinions on what we can expect in the future.
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Virtucom releases Weopia, a virtual online dating world.
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Toy-maker Mattel will release a range of action figures in October that come alive on your home computer when scanned by a webcam.