What was the name of the avatar that came out of monitor into RL?

[Jennifer Boyle]

Years ago, there was a journalist that had a female avatar in SL. She went around interviewing people, and had a blog where she reported the interviews. There were also some videos or graphic novels online in one of which she came out of the monitor into RL.

Does anyone remember her name?

[Lindal Kidd]

Holly Would.  Film was "Cool World", character was voiced and played by Kim Basinger.  Although Holly wasn't a journalist...she was a nightclub singer.  The male lead was her cartoonist/lover/fall guy, played by Brad Pitt.  So maybe we are remembering two different things.

Edited June 2, 2019 by Lindal Kidd

[Bree Giffen]

Was it the CSI Down the Rabbit Hole episode on tv? 

[Jennifer Boyle]

I finally thought of it. It was Botgirl Questi.

[Lindal Kidd]

Oh!  Oh!  Yes, I remember her.  In fact, after my original answer, I remembered her blog/webcomic strip, but couldn't pull out her name.

[kali Wylder]

not Max Headroom?

[Love Zhaoying]

Just now, kali Wylder said:

not Max Headroom?

I think Max was the other way around, started out human, was in an accident, then became a digital entity.

[Ceka Cianci]

First thing I thought of was,The Ring.

[animats]

That's a whole genre in anime and SF.

The first appearance of this idea is in Simulacron-3, from 1964. The Thirteenth Floor (1999) is the movie version.

[Janet Voxel]

57 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:

First thing I thought of was,The Ring.

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one....

 

[Lindal Kidd]

3 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I think Max was the other way around, started out human, was in an accident, then became a digital entity.

Yes.  Max was the digital re-creation of ace reporter Edison Carter.  In the original movie, Carter was killed, and a young computer nerd simulated him digitally in an effort to recover his memories, to solve his murder.  In the TV series, he recovered from his injuries, but Max, the digital simulation of him, continued on in a sort of partnership with Carter and his pals.  I LOVE MAX HEADROOM!!!

[Lindal Kidd]

Better they should come out of your monitor than out of some other places...

[Love Zhaoying]

43 minutes ago, Lindal Kidd said:

Yes.  Max was the digital re-creation of ace reporter Edison Carter.  In the original movie, Carter was killed, and a young computer nerd simulated him digitally in an effort to recover his memories, to solve his murder.  In the TV series, he recovered from his injuries, but Max, the digital simulation of him, continued on in a sort of partnership with Carter and his pals.  I LOVE MAX HEADROOM!!!

I liked the Ronald Reagan version, too. In the Doonesbury comic strip.