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Avatar Creation: Morning Ritual or Philosophy for the Future?

23 September, 2007 (20:47) | Avatar, Synthetic Worlds | 1 comment

Recently a fellow student at IU, Phoebe Elefante, made a statement that got me thinking. She said, quite simply: “I am my avatar.” This made me consider the implications of avatar creation, and how choices we make every day are much like avatar creation in games.
As an example of an avatar, the image bar […]