Interactive games put you in the action

Correspondent Rick Lockridge gets a Steven Seagal makeover with Digimask   TOOLS Tools: Wired homes offer glimpse of digital future

By Rick Lockridge
CNNdotCOM Correspondent

What if your favorite video-game gunslinger -- messenger of mayhem and deliverer of doom -- could look just like you?

Well get ready to cross into the realm of digital reality. Because starting this month, British firm Digimask will provide a way for you to insert yourself into cyberspace.

All you need is a digital image of your face. Then, answer a few questions about your general build and physical attributes (you can lie if you want!) and the software will read the data and create a digital body of scale to match your own statistics.

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