I, avatar : the culture and consequences of having a second life / Mark Stephen Meadows.

What is an avatar? Why are there nearly a billion of them, and who is using them? Do avatars impact our real lives, or are they just video game conceits? Is an avatar an inspired rendering of its creator's inner self, or is it just one among millions of anonymous vehicles clogging the online fr...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via O'Reilly/Safari)
Main Author:	Meadows, Mark Stephen
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Indianapolis, Ind. : London : New Riders ; Pearson Education [distributor], 2007.
Series:	Voices that matter.
Subjects:	Second Life (Game) Avatars (Virtual reality) Shared virtual environments. Virtual reality. Shared virtual environments Virtual reality