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Davatar is the short form of dynamic avatar. A dynamic avatar is an avatar (virtual reality) that can change its outlook corresponding to dynamic elements or environment settings. A Davatar is dynamically generated on the fly for each request. Thus, it looks differently every time when a Davatar is being retrieved, for example, on every page reloads.
= Why Use Davatar =
==Defination of an Avatar==
Like the traditional static Avatar, a Davatar is a Dynamic Avatar, which share the same characteristic of the Avatar.
According to Wikipedia... Among people working on virtual reality and cyberspace interfaces, an avatar (sometimes AV or av) is an icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality. This definition has recently been applied to online virtual communities and Internet forums in particular, as a picture that a member/user of such a community/forum has elected to display alongside his or her contributions in order to represent him or herself.
==The use of Avatar on The Internet==
In late 1995 with the born of The Internet and graphical browser, people started to use Avatar on BBS (Bulletin Board System). Now, the traditional avatar system used on most Internet forums is a small (100x100 pixels, for example) square shaped area close to the user s forum post, where the avatar is placed. The style used varies. In one system, the user either designs an avatar on their personal computer before uploading it to the forum or downloads one from a website. Other forums may allow the user to select an avatar from a preset list.
These avatar are static and the image will never change until the user uploaded a new one or modified the link.
==We wants more!==
Traditional static avatar did their job well before users demands more out of them. Users wish to include more information inside this limited size of image, which enable them to present themselve better by deliver a stronger sense of virtual Identity. However, as traditional avatar is never meant to be use in such purposes, it never work well.
==Davatar answer: We are Live and Dynamic ==
Davatar was design to solve this problem by overcome the weakness of the static behaviour of a traditional avatar. Also refer as the Live Avatar, the dynamic feature of a Davatar add in another dimension into a traditional avatar, and it is Time . With this new dimension, Davatar unleashed the limitation of information that could be include inside this little piece of Avatar image, allowed more room for creativity and personalization to growth!
= Features of Davatar =
There are many Dynamic elements that can cause a Davatar to change.
The list stated some but is not just limited to these:
= How to use a Davatar =
To retrieve a Davatar, it as simple as a typical cross server image linking method.
To use a Davatar in a forum, you just need to copy its link and place into your forum by using external linking avatar.
As Davatar has the limitation that it only works on the Internet, you can not use it for offline or just download it to local drive and expect it to work.
= See Also =
== External links == [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ksmas Ksmas]
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