An avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character. It may take either a three-dimensional form, as in games or virtual worlds, or a two-dimensional form as an icon in Internet forums and other online communities. It is an object representing the user.
Avatar指能夠代表用戶個人或其性格的一個圖像,即我們常說的“頭像”或“個人秀”。這個頭像可以是網(wǎng)絡游戲或者虛擬世界里三維立體的圖像,也可以是網(wǎng)絡論壇或社區(qū)里常用的二維平面圖像。它是可以代表用戶本人的一個標志物。
The use of the term avatar for the on-screen representation of the user was coined in 1985 by Chip Morningstar and Joseph Romero in designing LucasFilm's online role-playing game Habitat, coming from the term s original meaning of “a descent of the Supreme Being” in Hinduism, translated as " incarnation " or "manifestation" in English.
最先用avatar這個詞來指代用戶網(wǎng)絡形象的是切普 莫寧斯塔和約瑟夫 羅梅羅,他們在1985年為盧卡斯影視公司設計網(wǎng)絡角色扮演游戲時使用了這個詞,取自于avatar這個詞在印度教中的原始意思“圣人降臨”,也就是“化身”或者“代表”的意思。