Virtual actors or game characters are another possibility - and then there is the prospect of virtual carers or call centre employees.

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But he does not believe that virtual characters he creates can totally replace human actors.

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Rather than trying to take virtual characters (and as great as even the new PS4 graphics look, game characters are still virtual) and turn them into live action actors, Wreck-It Ralph keeps these game characters within their computer-generated world.

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