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Avatar (computing)

Known as: Avatar machine, Buddy icons, Picon (Apple) 
In computing, an avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character. It may take either a three-dimensional form… 
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Identity management

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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
How gamification motivates: An experimental study of the effects of specific game design elements on psychological need satisfaction
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Extended Self in a Digital World
The extended self was proposed in 1988. Since it was formulated, many technological changes have dramatically affected the way we… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The Proteus Effect: The Effect of Transformed Self-Representation on Behavior
Virtual environments, such as online games and web-based chat rooms, increasingly allow us to alter our digital self… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Design, Implementation, and Experimental Results of a Quaternion-Based Kalman Filter for Human Body Motion Tracking
Real-time tracking of human body motion is an important technology in synthetic environments, robotics, and other human-computer… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The Influence of Avatars on Online Consumer Shopping Behavior
An impediment to Web-based retail sales is the impersonal nature of Web-based shopping. A solution to this problem is to use an… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Linked Ecologies: States and Universities as Environments for Professions*
In this article I generalize ecological theory by developing the notion of separate but linked ecologies. I characterize an… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Interactive control of avatars animated with human motion data
Real-time control of three-dimensional avatars is an important problem in the context of computer games and virtual environments… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Collaborative virtual environments
CVEs can be seen as the result of aconvergence of research interestswithin the VR and computer-sup-ported cooperative work (CSCW… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The impact of animated interface agents: a review of empirical research
Abstract Over the last years, the animation of interface agents has been the target of increasing interest. Largely, this… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training
Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training is a systematically corrected, enhanced and updated avatar of a… 
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