The effects of Avatars

Authors

  • Domna Banakou University College London
  • Konstantinos Chorianopoulos Ionian University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i5.779

Keywords:

Virtual ethnography, Second Life, avatar appearance, sociability

Abstract

In this article, we investigate the effects of avatars

Author Biographies

  • Domna Banakou, University College London
    Domna Banakou is a postgraduate student in the department of computer science at the
  • Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, Ionian University
    Konstantinos Chorianopoulos is Lecturer and
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Published

2010-02-26

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 5 (2009): The Metaverse Assembled

Section

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

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