What Is a 'Real Avatar'? Fashion Connecting the Metaverse & Reality: DJ⑨ Interview

The evolution of the Metaverse is beginning to transform the realm of fashion. This is the culture of 'wearing an avatar'. Avatars within VR platforms can freely choose their gender and body shape. Creators who make popular avatars and VR clothing brands are emerging, and the market is rapidly expanding.

Most interestingly, it realizes the desire for transformation, which fashion has fundamentally played, in an unprecedentedly direct manner. In a more free and radical form than coordinating real clothes, we will whimsically 'change clothes' of avatars and express our new identity.

On the other hand, there is a unique form of avatar that does not presuppose changing clothes. It is the 'Real Avatar', where one's own body is converted into a 3D model. Its appearance is exactly like that of the user themselves, who can be active in the real and virtual space with the same appearance. Having properties opposite to transformation, how is 'Real Avatar' perceived from a fashion point of view?