What is an Avatar? It is your alter ego in Cyberspace, your body double in the virtual communities growing inside two and three dimensional virtual worlds online. With the book Avatars and this companion website, you can now leave simple chat rooms behind and venture forth into the true frontiers of virtual world Cyberspace.

Gallery of Art and Photos from Avatar Cyberspace



Click here to see Avatar Bar Scene and other images from the book!



Sample Sections and

Entire electronic version of the book Sample Chapter!

Advanced Course at Avatar University

Netiquette & Community Hosting Guide

Bibliography of Further Reading

Glossary of Virtual World Terms

Hot Links To Virtual Worlds Resources



Have a serious interest in Avatar Cyberspace?

These organizations are there to help



The Contact Consortium is a not for profit membership organization dedicated to the development of human contact, culture and community in on-line virtual worlds. Consortium members come together to hold conferences, on-line events, and support the projects of its special interest groups. If you want to know what is up in Avatar Cyberspace, join the Contact Consortium.

The Digital Space Commons is a private company providing research, design, and consulting services for projects developing virtual worlds on the Internet. Digitalspace has unmatched expertise in applications of virtual worlds in science and education, collaborative workspaces for the enterprise, and worlds for entertainment.

Site completed for launch on January 17, 1997, last updated March 26, 2006



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