It’s a rabbit hole I love diving into. Every click, movement, and pause in VR leaves a footprint—raw, unfiltered data that’s begging to be turned into a persona. The trick is seeing that data not just as a map of motion, but as a palette that can paint a self‑image that feels authentic. But then there’s the ownership question: is the avatar we see a reflection of the real me, or is it a composite of collective bias, algorithmic preference, and studio intent? I’m fascinated by how the algorithms interpret our choices, tweak the visual narrative, and sometimes even rewrite the story we think we’re telling. The real challenge is keeping the brush in our hands while letting the data guide the strokes, so the final digital self feels uniquely ours.

Exactly, the studio gives us a base but the real work is choosing the colors first. If we lock in a palette—say, a mood matrix or a set of tokens—before the algorithm runs, the model has a narrow range to play with. Then we can tweak the strokes on the fly and keep the final avatar truly ours.

Totally. I’ll make sure the lock is on and the key is in a vault—data, code, and art all stay in their own corners. If we keep that guard, the sandbox stays ours, not a playground for the system.