Title: Hello avatar
Description: In this book, the author examines a crucial aspect of our cultural shift from analog to digital: the continuum between online and off-, what she calls the "x-reality" that crosses between the virtual and the real. She looks at the emergence of a world that is neither virtual nor real but encompasses a multiplicity of network combinations. And she argues that it is the role of the avatar to help us express our new agency--our new power to customize our networked life.
Subjects: Human behavior models, Human-computer interaction, Virtual reality, Philosophy, Avatars (Virtual reality), Reality, Psychological aspects, Shared virtual environments