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[[File:Zoe-A.jpg|thumb|A fully-sentient avatar of [[Zoe Graystone]] inhabiting the virtual world of the [[V-Club]].]] | [[File:Zoe-A.jpg|thumb|A fully-sentient avatar of [[Zoe Graystone]] inhabiting the virtual world of the [[V-Club]].]] | ||
A '''holographic avatar''' is a digital representation of a person in the [[virtual world]] of the [[holoband]]. | A '''holographic avatar''' is a digital representation of a person in the [[virtual world]] of the [[holoband]]. | ||
== Playable Avatars == | |||
Avatars are created by [[Holoband avatar scanner|scanning devices]] upon purchasing a holoband headset, although avatars can be altered so that they don't represent the user's physical appearance. Such is the case with [[Emmanuelle]], an avatar used by [[Evelyn]] {{CAP|End of Line}}, as well as [[Tad Thorean]] who steals [[Chiron]]'s avatar code with a [[V-world stealing device]] for the purposes of pilfering Chiron's [[New Cap City]] in-world currency {{CAP|There is Another Sky}}. | Avatars are created by [[Holoband avatar scanner|scanning devices]] upon purchasing a holoband headset, although avatars can be altered so that they don't represent the user's physical appearance. Such is the case with [[Emmanuelle]], an avatar used by [[Evelyn]] {{CAP|End of Line}}, as well as [[Tad Thorean]] who steals [[Chiron]]'s avatar code with a [[V-world stealing device]] for the purposes of pilfering Chiron's [[New Cap City]] in-world currency {{CAP|There is Another Sky}}. | ||
== Non-Playable Avatars == | |||
Non-playable avatars, those of pure code but otherwise automated, can also take on the appearance of real-life persons. Users who buy a holoband are greeted by a virtual [[Daniel Graystone]] in a tutorial program, thus allowing users to get acclimated {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}. [[Odin Sinclair]] virtually fornicates with a non-playable avatar [[Lacy Rand]] {{CAP|The Heavens Will Rise}}. | Non-playable avatars, those of pure code but otherwise automated, can also take on the appearance of real-life persons. Users who buy a holoband are greeted by a virtual [[Daniel Graystone]] in a tutorial program, thus allowing users to get acclimated {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}. [[Odin Sinclair]] virtually fornicates with a non-playable avatar [[Lacy Rand]] {{CAP|The Heavens Will Rise}}. | ||
== Sentient Avatars == | |||
While a majority of avatars are controlled by a user in the real world, [[Zoe Graystone]], who inherited her father [[Daniel Graystone]]'s brilliant computer skills, found a way to create a fully sentient online holographic avatar of herself, [[Zoe-A]], with all of her memories and experiences―essentially a twin who existed only in cyberspace and could interact with Zoe's separate representation there {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)|Rebirth|Things We Lock Away}}. After her death in a suicide bombing caused by her boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], Zoe-A is uploaded by Daniel Graystone into a robot body, the first [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]], known as [[Zoe-R]]. [[Resurrection program|Zoe's program]] is also used by Daniel Graystone to create [[Tamara-A]], an avatar of [[Tamara Adama]], who died in the same bombing, due to Daniel Graystone's collaboration with Tamara's father [[Joseph Adama]] {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}. | While a majority of avatars are controlled by a user in the real world, [[Zoe Graystone]], who inherited her father [[Daniel Graystone]]'s brilliant computer skills, found a way to create a fully sentient online holographic avatar of herself, [[Zoe-A]], with all of her memories and experiences―essentially a twin who existed only in cyberspace and could interact with Zoe's separate representation there {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)|Rebirth|Things We Lock Away}}. After her death in a suicide bombing caused by her boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], Zoe-A is uploaded by Daniel Graystone into a robot body, the first [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]], known as [[Zoe-R]]. [[Resurrection program|Zoe's program]] is also used by Daniel Graystone to create [[Tamara-A]], an avatar of [[Tamara Adama]], who died in the same bombing, due to Daniel Graystone's collaboration with Tamara's father [[Joseph Adama]] {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}. | ||
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== Derezzing and V-Death == | == Derezzing and V-Death == | ||
When a person leaves the virtual world their avatar will "[[List of terms (RDM)#Other Colloquialisms|derez]]," removing that person's presence in the virtual world. Avatars can also derez due to a number of other factors such as timing out from inactivity, or due to extreme pain from various causes, such as being shot or knifed. Two types of derezzing exist: one voluntary, and one counting as a "kill." For those playing [[New Cap City]], the death of their avatar in V-world permanently bans them from the game, effectively making them dead in a digital sense. | |||
When a person leaves the virtual world their avatar will "[[List of terms (RDM)#Other Colloquialisms|derez]]," removing that person's presence in the virtual world. Avatars can also derez due to a number of other factors such as timing out from inactivity, or due to extreme pain from various causes, such as being shot or knifed. Two types of derezzing exist: one voluntary, and one counting as a "kill." For those playing [[New Cap City]], the death of their avatar in V-world permanently bans them from the game, effectively making them dead in a digital sense. | |||
The only known exceptions to this are Tamara-A and Zoe-A, who will heal over time when shot, but do appear to "bleed" and experience pain when shot. Additionally, any wounds that they acquire appear to display the images from the [[datastream]] in place of flesh, further emphasizing their virtual nature. Tamara discovers this after being shot by [[Chiron]] while examining herself in a [[New Cap City]] apartment {{CAP|There is Another Sky|Things We Lock Away}}. | The only known exceptions to this are Tamara-A and Zoe-A, who will heal over time when shot, but do appear to "bleed" and experience pain when shot. Additionally, any wounds that they acquire appear to display the images from the [[datastream]] in place of flesh, further emphasizing their virtual nature. Tamara discovers this after being shot by [[Chiron]] while examining herself in a [[New Cap City]] apartment {{CAP|There is Another Sky|Things We Lock Away}}. | ||
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