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Virtual politics: Congress takes plunge into world of avatars

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - When Rep. George Miller is "in-world," he teleports between continents and flies into the room.

"And I have a waistline!" Miller joked.

That would be his "avatar," a virtual rendition of the California congressman in Second Life, a three-dimensional online world in which people, represented by their avatars, live out their every virtual fantasy.

With the help of Berkeley, Calif.-based Clear Ink, Miller brought the Capitol into Second Life for the first time, unveiling "Capitol Hill Island" during the swearing-in ceremony for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Washington on Jan. 4.

Next, the Democratic leader says he will recruit other members of Congress into Second Life, ...

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