Research On Virtual Avatar Design In The Network Age

Human had a long history on decorating ourselves,like putting masks on the face.When the Internet was built,people could use avatars to change our online imagery.Thelife online is more like playing a role in virtual society and the avatars showed howpeople think about our ego.Besides that,its visualization and interaction are also crucialfor us to talk about the aesthetic nowadays.Computer was created 124 years ago,andthe history of avatar only lasts for 30 years.But it changed from a blur outline tometiculous 3D models that full of details.It thanks to the quick development ofalgorithms and it's also a reflection of aesthetic standard of the whole society.Althoughthere are many experts like Sherry Turkle,Judith Donath who had did a deep researchon virtual identity and users' behavior,but there is still a vacuum in the research of theaesthetic and interaction of the avatar nowadays.I sorted the history of the Avatars ingames and social media and tried to talk about the interaction and aesthetic in the thesis.I also gave out questionnaire and made user analysis to meet a better conclusion.