David Carr

We live in an age where there is a firehose of information, and there is no hierarchy of what is important and what is not. Where the truth is often fashioned through a variety of digital means. Are you your avatar? Who are you in social media? What face do you turn toward the world? How much does it have in common with who you actually are?

American Journalist

Jaden Smith

You need virtual reality to understand high level science or high level math. It's very helpful to explain third and fourth dimensional things that people are constantly addressing in quantum physics. But, as soon as you're creating an avatar, and you can live and you can start to feel sensations on VR, that has gone too far.

American Actor

Bryan Konietzko

We're definitely still interested in the Avatar/Korra universe and fantastical world building in general, but I think many of the core themes and tones found in our two kids' series would be present as well in any sort of adult dramas we might be lucky enough to make in the future.

American Director

John Ridley

Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. But give somebody an avatar and a URL, and he can't tweet, post or hyperlink enough personal information about himself to as many people as possible.

David Baszucki

To enable our vast offering of user-created play, Roblox offers a virtual construction and game-development platform where everyone has the power to make anything from avatar clothing and 3D models to virtual worlds and hardcore games.

American Inventor

Zephyr Teachout

The Internet doesn't just enable cool avatars and the shorter form. It also allows the deeper form: cross-linked blog posts, extensive research, simultaneous screens and raw debate footage that anyone can scan online, at any time.

American Lawyer

James Surowiecki

As technology improves, on-screen avatars look more and more like real people. When they start looking too real, though, we pull away. These almost-humans aren't quite right; they look creepy, like zombies.

Pooja Bedi

The idea is to grow. There is a shelf life for every avatar and the nature of roles will change and one just has to keep doing different things.

Indian Actress

Adam Conover

I see myself as an avatar of curiosity and doubt.

American Comedian

Ram Charan

I want audiences to see me in different avatars.

Indian Actor

An avatar can be a digital alter-ego or the visual representation of you in virtual communities.

Online Identity

Choosing an avatar can reflect your tastes or personality, like selecting your clothes.

Choice Expresses Personality

An avatar may be a cartoon or image, not necessarily your actual photo.

Avatar vs Real Photo

An avatar can symbolize concepts or qualities, such as hope or change.

Metaphorical Use

A person may be viewed as an avatar if they represent significant cultural shifts.

Cultural Symbol

In Hinduism, avatar refers to a deity's earthly appearance, revered and worshipped.

Religious Reference

The concept of avatar in Hinduism is deeply rooted in Indian spiritual texts and practices.

Cultural Significance

 maybe cops have, or people in combat that have gone through something together and they know they can never explain it. Creates a bond, creates a bond of respect. So, when I came back to make my next movie, which was "Avatar," I tried to apply that same principle of leadership,

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 that's required to do something. A lot of transactions, the seller doesn't even need to know who you are. They just need to know that they got paid. And then this avatar is sweeping up all of this data and enabling you to monetize it. And this is a wonderful thing,

How the blockchain is...

 So I'd like to show you a few examples, because there are many possible applications for this new interface. In games and virtual worlds, for example, your facial expressions can naturally and intuitively be used to control an avatar or virtual character.

A headset that reads...

 a gesture of safety and assurance. With these symbols, this powerful avatar makes it clear that the material world is anything but an illusion. Rather, it is a cycle of life that must be sustained— from the feeding of open mouths and rumbling bellies,

The legend of Annapurna,...

 a man of such virtue that he became known as an avatar of Vishnu, an incarnation of the god in human form. He taught that all life follows karma, the law of cause and effect, and our job is to do our duty, or dharma, according to our place in society

The five major world...

 universe in much the same way that the visual spectrum outlast the person who is having a visual perception and if that's true can you take consciousness and move it from brain to brain from brain to a computer from Avatar to

Asking where consciousnes...

 I hear that life is hard, relationships are filled with risk. And then there's technology -- simpler, hopeful, optimistic, ever-young. It's like calling in the cavalry. An ad campaign promises that online and with avatars,

Connected, but alone? PIPE...

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How Sustainable...

 Imagine a future where nobody dies— instead, our minds are uploaded to a digital world. They might live on in a realistic, simulated environment with avatar bodies,