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3D Avatar is a representation of human users in a Virtual reality environment. It represents the body of the user, interaction of the user with the surrounding environment, and other users in the virtual world to enhance the realism of the overall experience. It facilitates collaboration among various users and the virtual environment in multiplayer games, remote collaboration meetings, virtual events, immersive learning classes, and many such applications.
Introduction
Remote collaboration and remote interaction with peers are rising steadily due to their apparent advantages of cost-saving, convenience, and scalability. Immersive technology such as virtual reality transforms the remote collaboration experiences through its unique features such as presence and realistic interactions.
Virtual reality, typically called VR, is a simulation of a new environment with visuals and interactions created...
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Dawarwadikar, M., Rao, M. (2024). 3D Avatars in Virtual Reality Experience. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23161-2_458
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