Virtual Children are digitally created, child-like entities that exist entirely in software-based environments and are designed to simulate growth, learning, and emotional interaction. They may appear as AI-driven child avatars, simulated dependents in virtual worlds, or persistent characters in games and platforms that respond to care, guidance, and attention over time.
Examples include AI companions marketed as child-like dependents, virtual babies or children in long-running simulation games, and experimental systems where users raise a digital child that develops personality traits, memories, and behaviours based on interaction. These entities are not biological and have no physical presence, but are structured to resemble ongoing parent–child relationships within digital spaces.