What are Avatars?

An avatar is an image representation of yourself, whether as a three-dimensional model used in games or as a two-dimensional icon or picture used on blogs, wikis and other communities. You can also use avatars to create virtual worlds, these are becoming very popular.

Avatars can be used to:

• Simulate tasks
• Emplyee orientation

Here is an introduction to Second Life which is a very popular 3D virtual world.