Amy Taylor
Headline:
World's first virtual divorce: Woman splits from husband after catching him having 'online sex' with prostitute in Second Life game
Synopsis:
A woman has divorced her husband for 'cheating' on her in a virtual reality game.
Amy Taylor and David Pollard married after meeting and falling in love on an internet chatroom.
The couple were both fans of Second Life - a game in which players create a new identity for themselves in a computer-generated world.
Using 3D animated characters, known as avatars, users can move around and interact with others.
The couple were so devoted to the game that when they married at a register office in July 2005, they marked the occasion by holding a virtual wedding in Second Life.
But although the internet brought them together, it eventually tore them apart.
One day, Miss Taylor, 28, found Mr Pollard at the computer - watching his avatar having sex with a prostitute in Second Life.
She said: 'I went mad - I was so hurt. I just couldn't believe what he'd done.
'I looked at the computer screen and could see his character having sex with a female character. It's cheating as far as I'm concerned.
'But he didn't see it as a problem, and couldn't see why I was so upset.
'He said I was just making a big fuss and tried to make out it was my fault for not giving him enough attention.'
Using the virtual world's own special currency, she hired an online private detective to investigate his adultery.
However, back in their real lives, the Pollards managed to patch things up....
- Publish date:
- 14 November 2008
- Source:
- Daily Mail
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