What is an avatar? Easily explained

The term avatar is often used in the context of internet games or social networks. This practical tip will tell you what exactly an avatar is and how you can create your own avatar.

The avatar in the social network

The origin of the term avatar is controversial. Basically, an avatar is nothing more than a proxy. More specifically, the avatar acts as your representative on the Internet, for example in social networks.

• Especially in games, you can often put together your own personal avatar from a large number of individual parts. This avatar will then deny the game to you. By the way: If you encounter a particularly attractive female avatar at one of the games, do not forget that this does not necessarily correspond to the image of the real person.
• Ultimately, it is up to you whether your avatar should have human features or whether you prefer to create a wild fantasy figure. There are no limits for your creativity. We have put together some tools for you to design an avatar.
• Of course there are also apps that you can use to create the perfect avatar for Facebook, for example.
• Companies such as Ikea are also increasingly using avatars as customer advisors.

Of course, you can also use an avatar on the PlayStation. We will explain to you exactly how this works in the next post.