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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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Review
2011
Review
2011
Developing an instrument to measure social presence in distance higher education
This paper examines the construct of social presence and develops an instrument to measure social presence in distance higher… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The Effect of Viewing a Self-Avatar on Distance Judgments in an HMD-Based Virtual Environment
Few HMD-based virtual environment systems display a rendering of the user's own body. Subjectively, this often leads to a sense… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The contribution of real-time mirror reflections of motor actions on virtual body ownership in an immersive virtual environment
This paper reports an experiment that investigated people's body ownership of an avatar that was observed in a virtual mirror… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Using avatars and virtual environments in learning: What do they have to offer?
This paper explores and discusses arguments for the use of virtual environments and interactive avatars in supporting the… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The future for (second) life and learning
This paper highlights the potential of three-dimensional multi-user environments such as Second Life (SL) from the perspective of… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Me, myself and I: The role of interactional context on self-presentation through avatars
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A flexible semantic inference methodology to reason about user preferences in knowledge-based recommender systems
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Cross-cultural differences in recognizing affect from body posture
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
1998
Highly Cited
1998
BodyChat: autonomous communicative behaviors in avatars
Although avatars may resemble animated communicating interface agents, they have for the most part not profited from recent… 
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