Avatar

=Avatar =

 **What is an avatar?** Well in the movies they are blue people in a James Cameron Movie But in the real world of 2010, avatars are computer animations/drawings of you or at least a representative of yourself [whether in 2-D of 3-D] used on blogs, games, and various online communities.  - When you log on to a site or start a video game, you can create your character (avatar). You can choose your character's looks, their name, hair color, eye color, clothing, height, and gender. Then you can play as your character in the game or chat with others who see your avatar and not just a blank box.
 * How does it work?**

-To express their own style using an animation of themselves. To show what they would like to look like or show others a different ways that they see themselves.
 * Why would anyone want to do this?**

- computer games: creating a Mii on Wii, creating a character, in Animal Crossing, or the famously gibberish speaking Sims. - internet chats, blog, and forums: used to show the person's personality and what they look like - in artificial intelligence: used by organizations to interact with customers
 * Who uses it?**

- in 1985, Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer used the term "avatar" in the computer sense when they designed the online game //Habit// - in 1992, Neal Stephenson used to word avatar (from Sanskrit word //avatara// which is similar to the concept of incarnation) in his book __Snow Crash__
 * When was the term/concept invented?**

- IMVU & Gaia are some examples of avatars that can express yourself to others. [] []
 * What are some websites that are examples or Where are there resources on the web?**