I, For One, Welcome Our New Avatar Overlords

Virtual Legal Conferences. Nikki Black makes the case for virtual conferences that use Avatars to replicate the connection experience of the real thing. Ever since I played around with Second Life a decade ago, I have been intrigued with the possibility of a virtual world populated with avatars that allowed humans to interact with other humans in a virtual space. I even created a virtual law library in which my avatar could walk up to a bookshelf and take down a virtual book. The technology wasn't ready, though, and the jury is out whether it is now. But, what happens when robots take over our Avatars?