**Interactive Characters**
*Increasingly, I’m understanding that virtual beings have two main characteristics. *
1. *Virtual beings are VIRTUAL. *
1. *Virtual beings are INTERACTIVE.*
*Movies as we know them are not interactive. And, physical robots are physical, not virtual. The three main groups of virtual beings include virtual influencers, virtual youtubers, and virtual robots – all of which display characteristics of interactivity. I submit that the social media participation of virtual influencers amounts to de facto interactivity.*