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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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2015
2015
Exploring the Construction, Play, Use of Virtual Identities in a STEM Learning Game
Studies show that representations of learners’ social identities impact performance and engagement, e.g., via triggering… 
2012
2012
Adaptive Extended Local Ternary Pattern (AELTP) for Recognizing Avatar Faces
Many face recognition techniques have been developed during the past decades but the problem remains challenging, especially… 
2011
2011
Avatar Face Recognition Using Wavelet Transform and Hierarchical Multi-scale LBP
Recognizing avatars in virtual worlds is a very important issue for law enforcement agencies, terrorism and security experts. In… 
2011
2011
An Online Virtual Learning Environment for Higher Education
This paper describes a novel online virtual learning classroom environment focused for higher education. Students can login to… 
2008
2008
Modelling Autonomous Virtual Agent Behaviours in a Virtual Environment for Risk
—Our research deals with the design of a training system to support decision-making in the preparation and the management of… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
An Environment for Deaf Accessibility to Educational Content
Here it is attempted to present a platform environment that allows development of various educational applications fully… 
2002
2002
Animating Sign Language in the Real Time
The paper presents selected problems of visualizing animated sign language sentences in real time. The presented solution is a… 
2001
2001
Empty Figure on an Empty Stage: The Theatre of Samuel Beckett and His Generation
Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Emptiness: Ontological, Theatrical, Theatro-psychic 2. Surrealist… 
2000
2000
A Facial Repertoire for Avatars
Facial expressions are becoming more and more important in today’s computer systems with humanoid user interfaces. Avatars have… 
1998
1998
Integration of talking heads and text-to-speech synthesizers for visual TTS
An enhanced arrangement for a talking head driven by text is achieved by sending FAP information to a rendering arrangement that… 
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