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the digital skin you wear to be more yourself than yourself.
means A digital representation of a person — a picture, character, or 3D figure — used to stand in for them online or in games.
from From Sanskrit avatāra, 'a descent,' built from ava ('down') plus the root tṛ ('to cross over'). In Hindu thought it named the descent of a god into earthly form — Vishnu putting on flesh to walk among mortals. English borrowed it in the 18th century for this divine incarnation, then stretched it to mean any embodiment of an idea. The computing sense — a pixelated body you slip into — surfaced in the late 20th century and was cemented by Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash. Fitting, really: a god clothing itself in matter became you clothing yourself in pixels.
- sanskrit roots
- Originally meant a god descending into earthly form
- box office
- Two films grossing over five billion dollars combined
- first online
- Coined for digital selves in 1985's Habitat game
- blue cost
- James Cameron built new cameras to film it
avatar the last airbender — nickelodeon animated series (2005-2008) spanning 3 seasons about aang, the last avatar