Does future hold 'Avatar'-like bodies for us?

Does future hold 'Avatar'-like bodies for us? - Technology & science - Innovation - msnbc.com: "Dreams of immortality inspired the fantastical tales of Greek historian Herodotus and Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon's legendary search for the fountain of youth. Nowadays, visionaries push for the technologies to transplant human brains into new bodies and download human consciousness into hologram-like avatars."