avatar in comment and analysis
Steve Ranger's Notebook: I, Avatar
Comment For example, at a recent press conference a mysterious avatar tried to befriend me but I ignored him. I had no way of knowing he was one of the people I'd come to meet because the individual's avatar didn't share his real world name. [19 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.08.07
Round-Up Suddenly you're on your best behaviour as an avatar, even if you are improbably endowed, bright red and sporting a frankly magnificent pair of antlers. Lanier's other theory is that seeing people, even in the form of an avatar, evokes empathy. [03 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08
Round-Up Rosedale, appearing in both physical and avatar form, outlined some of the steps the company takes to discourage and prevent illegal activity. Also on the screen was an avatar representing Edward Markey, the Massachusetts democrat who chairs the... [04 Apr 2008]
Ananova out of sync with the future of the web?
Comment The Press Association (PA) developed a green-haired, female avatar called Ananova to deliver news, sports and entertainment information to visitors at http://www.ananova.com . Orange has bought a virtual newsreader for £95m. [06 Jul 2000]
BT's top research ideas
Comment 2002 - use of talking-head technology for video conferencing intelligent cats' eyes in the road with integrated speed cameras smart clothes that alter their thermal properties kitchen food tester that identifies presence of food bugs notebook... [16 Jan 2000]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?
Comment Find out how many have posted a clip to YouTube, or have a Second Life avatar or a MySpace account. Tech is playing an ever larger role in our work and home lives. So be careful how you choose to limit access to wikis, blogs, social networking... [14 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.08.04
Round-Up The big idea is the Virtual Girlfriend - an amorous, animated avatar who appears on the video screen of your mobile phone. As long as boffins find newer and cleverer ways to deliver new technology, so human beings will find newer and stupider ways... [27 Aug 2004]
The hard reality of virtual world litigation
Comment He even created his own avatar and held virtual town hall meetings in Second Life where he discussed the purchase of virtual land. The brave new world of virtual worlds creates a constellation of new - and still foggy - legal questions. [14 Jun 2007]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 14.02.03
Comment You may remember our story from a couple of weeks ago about Desktop Arsene, a downloadable Arsene Wenger avatar who can sit on your desktop all day offering fascinating insights into Arsenal FC. "I am Mr samuel savimbi of Angola whose father was... [14 Feb 2003]
Keep updated for stories matching avatar in comment and analysis via RSS
