digital avatars
Virtual self-images
Digital avatars are virtual representations of people in online spaces.
They range from simple profile pictures to elaborate 3D characters in video games and virtual worlds.
Users customize avatars to represent themselves—or deliberate alter egos—in social media, gaming, and virtual meetings: My digital avatar has purple hair and wings.
The term increasingly applies to AI-generated likenesses used in customer service or content creation.
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- hologram3D image from light
- profileSide-facing outline
- profile pictureAccount identification image
- characterNature, symbol, or role
character creator · persona · simulation · 3D · animated · customizable · metaverse · gaming · identity · cartoon · emoji · VTuber · skin · render · pixelated · uncanny · uncanny valley · lifelike
- video game moviesSuper Mario Bros, Sonic the Hedgehog, Warcraft, Assassin's Creed, Tomb Raider
- digital performersvirtual concerts
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