We all want to look marvelous.

And in virtual worlds, we want our avatars to look marvelous.

In both form and motion, we want them to possess beauty and grace.  We want people to gasp at their originality and for virtual heads to turn when we walk into a virtual room.

And we want them to look as lifelike as possible.

But there’s a catch.  As our avatars march forward into a bright future of ever-increasing realism, we’re going to face a major obstacle.

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