Virj is an AI-driven virtual character who exists in the Extended Snow Crash Universe. He was developed in collaboration with Inworld AI during early 2023 and unveiled at GDC in March 2023. There, visitors to Inworld AI's booth were able to converse directly with Virj. The project was exhibited to a select audience of invited game industry luminaries at a brunch event in which Stephenson Zoomed in from the Louvre (he was in Paris on business) and had an unscripted conversation with John Gaeta, Inworld AI's Chief Creative Officer, who was a key contributor to the project.