Avatars in Games

In 2016, avatars in games have become common place. Younger people experienced Sega's game system DreamCast, which incorporated creatable avatars in their sports games. Many video game enthusiasts witnessed the later transition to more avatar-like characters with systems like XBox. In games such as HALO, created characters act scenes out like that in a movie. With the build up of Internet speeds and connections, avatars act scenes and live scenarios with other real people.

Here is a futuristic example of avatars in games. Below is a scene from the British television series "Black Mirror:"



Avatars have been around since modern times (circa 1970), but within video games and in forums is where you see the most of them. The point of avatars is to hide someone's true identity and protect their anonymity. The image below is a pretty accurate quote by Oscar Wilde about anonymity and avatars.