**The Importance of Virtual Beings**
*Prior to the pandemic, the terms “digital human” and “virtual human” most often referred to virtual beings. However, post-pandemic the meanings have morphed, or changed. Now, “digital human” can refer to any human working digitally, and “virtual human” can refer to any human working virtually, vis a vis. As a result, the pandemic has made the term “virtual being” both more useful and more necessary.*