"It still counts, it still has a real impact on users," the group"s campaigns director Vicky Wyatt told the BBC Tech Tent podcast. Ms Wyatt said the researcher subjected to the alleged assault felt that "part of them was really shocked, part of them thought, "OK, this isn"t my real body, this is an avatar" and another part of them thought "this is really, really important research that I"m doing, I need to capture this footage"".