Avatars May Be the Next Big Online Thing

Iria · Sep 27, 2005, 05:56 AM

SAN FRANCISCO—Get ready for avatars, the new digital alter-ego. They represent not only a new, $200 million (and rapidly growing) IT market, they represent people in a personalized manner—in e-mail, instant messaging, blogs, chat rooms and other internet services.

Avatars are highly customizable drawings or photos of people, animals, cartoon characters, inanimate objects of all kinds—basically anything that can be pictured—that online users employ as identification in communicating with their peers.

Avatars are can be created or acquired "as is"; they can be static or animated. They are primarily aimed at pre-teen and teenage users.

The avatar-as-personal-icon concept started in Korea about five years ago and is now beginning to catch on worldwide, said Tad Dagan, associate vice president at Comverse, Inc.
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**dj_stick** · Sep 27, 2005, 07:27 AM

"beginning" to catch on?

Dark Lord · Sep 27, 2005, 07:28 AM

where hte hell have these people been for hte last 5 years?

**MIG-31** · Sep 27, 2005, 07:33 AM

Been out for years now...

These people behind this actually get paid to tells us what is already know....easy money i suppose..

Sep 27, 2005, 05:56 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Avatars May Be the Next Big Online Thing SAN FRANCISCO—Get ready for avatars, the new digital alter-ego. They represent not only a new, $200 million (and rapidly growing) IT market, they represent people in a personalized manner—in e-mail, instant messaging, blogs, chat rooms and other internet services. Avatars are highly customizable drawings or photos of people, animals, cartoon characters, inanimate objects of all kinds—basically anything that can be pictured—that online users employ as identification in communicating with their peers. Avatars are can be created or acquired "as is"; they can be static or animated. They are primarily aimed at pre-teen and teenage users. The avatar-as-personal-icon concept started in Korea about five years ago and is now beginning to catch on worldwide, said Tad Dagan, associate vice president at Comverse, Inc. _________ Read More / Source: PC Magazine

Sep 27, 2005, 07:28 AM	#3
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	where hte hell have these people been for hte last 5 years? __________________

Sep 27, 2005, 07:33 AM	#4
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,842 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Been out for years now... These people behind this actually get paid to tells us what is already know....easy money i suppose.. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here