The room may be virtual, but the prayer — and the evangelism — are not.
Geoffery Powell, a 28-year-old multimedia artist and computer scientist, said he was drawn to VRChat for its imaginative potential.
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(RNS) — Ten figures stand in a circle inside a Japanese-style penthouse. The lights are low. A white stormtrooper huddles beside…
"It starts to feel like there’s a person behind it until you remind yourself, 'No, this is a machine,'" one user said.
"It starts to feel like there’s a person behind it until you remind yourself, 'No, this is a machine,'" one user said.
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