TY - GEN
T1 - Intimate interactions
T2 - Online representation and software of the self
AU - Bardzell, Jeffrey
AU - Bardzell, Shaowen
PY - 2008/9/1
Y1 - 2008/9/1
N2 - Human Computer Interaction (HCI) technology enable human to conceptualize human relationship like friendship, romance, anxiety, and pleasure inside the computer screen. Intimacy online provide designers to interact between human relationships and technology, while social technologies allows users to have an explicit and visible representation inside the computer screen. The social technology has different name like 'profile' and 'avatar' and provides a real self-sitting to interact with other people on social networks. The 'avatar' is capable to transform a simple photo into a fully realized videogame character with a special appearance, extensive cultural history, set of different racial characteristics, and set of many abilities. An 'avatar' is static signifier, a word, or a picture that puts a user in a virtual environment to feel the real things.
AB - Human Computer Interaction (HCI) technology enable human to conceptualize human relationship like friendship, romance, anxiety, and pleasure inside the computer screen. Intimacy online provide designers to interact between human relationships and technology, while social technologies allows users to have an explicit and visible representation inside the computer screen. The social technology has different name like 'profile' and 'avatar' and provides a real self-sitting to interact with other people on social networks. The 'avatar' is capable to transform a simple photo into a fully realized videogame character with a special appearance, extensive cultural history, set of different racial characteristics, and set of many abilities. An 'avatar' is static signifier, a word, or a picture that puts a user in a virtual environment to feel the real things.
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U2 - 10.1145/1390085.1400111
DO - 10.1145/1390085.1400111
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:51149116826
SN - 1072-5520
VL - 15
SP - 11
EP - 15
JO - Interactions
JF - Interactions
ER -