EditorialTechnicians in front of monitors on the set of “Girl’s Re:verse,” a K-pop in the metaverse show in which contestants are isolated in cubicles but interact as cartoon avatars onscreen, in Goyang, outside Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 27, 2022. (Jun Michael Park/The New York Times)
EditorialZwetschgenmannla, traditional good-luck avatars made out of thin wire and prunes, at the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany, Dec. 21, 2022.?(Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialAvatars are displayed on a screen at a conference for Roblox developers in San Francisco, Oct. 14, 2021. Popular gaming platforms like Roblox are seductive to cybercriminals and vulnerable to exploitation. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)