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In this book, the author examines a crucial aspect of our cultural shift from analog to digital: the continuum between online and off-, what she calls the "x-reality" that crosses between the virtual and the real. She looks at the emergence of a world that is neither virtual nor real but encompasses a multiplicity of network combinations. And she argues that it is the role of the avatar to help us express our new agency--our new power to customize our networked life.

subjects: Human behavior models,  Human-computer interaction,  Virtual reality,  Philosophy,  Avatars (Virtual reality),  Reality,  Psychological aspects,  Shared virtual environments