{"id":69215,"date":"2024-11-21T06:41:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T04:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/?post_type=definition&#038;p=69215"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T10:25:04","slug":"avatar","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/definicion\/avatar","title":{"rendered":"Avatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"que_significa_avatar\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa avatar?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Un avatar es una <strong>ilustraci\u00f3n gr\u00e1fica personalizada<\/strong> que representa a un usuario de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/definicion\/ordenador\">ordenador<\/a>, o un personaje o alter ego que representa a ese usuario.<\/p>\n<p>Un avatar puede<strong> representarse en forma tridimensional<\/strong> (por ejemplo, en juegos o mundos virtuales) o en <strong>forma bidimensional<\/strong> como icono en foros de internet y mundos virtuales.<\/p>\n<p>Los avatares se utilizan mucho en los <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/definicion\/sitio-web\">sitios web<\/a> y en los juegos de rol en l\u00ednea. Son parte integrante del chat en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/definicion\/internet\">Internet<\/a>, de los sistemas de mensajer\u00eda en Internet, de los blogs y de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/definicion\/inteligencia-artificial-ai\">inteligencia artificial<\/a>, en particular de la realidad virtual.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"definicion_de_avatar\">Definici\u00f3n de avatar<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El t\u00e9rmino avatar, en relaci\u00f3n con la identificaci\u00f3n de usuarios inform\u00e1ticos, fue acu\u00f1ado por Chip Morningstar y Joseph Romero en 1985, cuando dise\u00f1aban el juego de rol en l\u00ednea \u00abH\u00e1bitat\u00bb de LucasFilm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los avatares m\u00e1s sencillos son peque\u00f1os archivos gr\u00e1ficos que se utilizan en los sitios web<\/strong>. Por ejemplo, los miembros que utilizan foros de chat pueden subir un avatar para representarse a s\u00ed mismos.<\/p>\n<p>Las im\u00e1genes pueden ser humor\u00edsticas o serias, y a menudo muestran una bestia o un h\u00e9roe. Normalmente aparecen adjuntas a los mensajes de los usuarios junto al nombre de usuario.<\/p>\n<p>Algunos sitios web proporcionan a los usuarios un conjunto de avatares entre los que elegir.<strong> Los avatares en una realidad virtual son personajes interactivos<\/strong> en mundos virtuales, que pueden ser personalizados por el usuario. Estos avatares caminan dentro del paisaje informatizado, manipulando el entorno circundante.<\/p>\n<p>Los avatares pueden moverse y actuar sobre ellos utilizando el teclado y el rat\u00f3n. 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