Virtual love rat faces divorce in real life

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.'

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