Police investigate sexual assault on an avatar

British police are investigating a case involving a virtual sexual assault of a girl’s avatar. Even though there was no physical violence involved the incident will be investigated as it has caused psychological trauma.

By definition, an avatar is a virtual representation of a user and is driven by the user’s movements in the virtual world. In Virtual Reality (VR) an avatar is placed, behaves, and moves like a physical body.

In the investigation, a girl under the age of …

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