Virtualization and Avatar Use

That’s me… well, a virtual representation of me. I was recently discussing with a friend the use of avatars in online worlds and how you’re in many cases only allowed to slide the weight slider so far. You can be extremely skinny, but generally not obese.

This is something I’ll be discussing at the Ideas Festival where I’ll be looking at whether interaction, repartee and intellect are more important online than what you look like.

1. Krista says:

   January 8, 2009 at 12:55 pm

   Most avatars are like that, its annoying because there is no true representation. Even in something like video games, if you’re making your hero, you can only get the mouse to click so far across before it stops and usually for female avatars, they’re still not what you might refer to as chunky.