1. By :Shwetanshu Gupta
342/08
ECE B2

2. Contents
 Introduction
 OBE’S
 Hardware
 Impact of avatar world
 Applications
 Challenges
 Future aspects
 References

3. AVATAR MACHINE
Introduction
• Avatar is a digital representation
of a real human being.
• Neal Stephenson describe the
avatar in the Metaverse, a fictional
virtual-reality application.
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4. OBE’S
 Generally, OBE’s are associated with illness or traumatic
incidents.
 OBE’s can be produced in healthy persons.(science journal)
 Three tests performed:
Display test.
Sweat sensor.
Recognition test.
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5. Hardware
 A harness that straps to the user's torso.
 Three two-meter long aluminium rods that attach to the user's
harness at the lower back and shoulders, forming a tripod.
 A wide-angle pinhole video camera at the end of the tripod.
 A head-mounted display (HMD) contained in a helmet.
 A power supply attached to the harness.
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7. CAMERA
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9. Costumes
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10. Impact of Virtual Life
• Positive effect.
• Proteus effect.
• Transfer of features from Virtual to real life.
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11. Healthy habits
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12. Applications
• Sociology and psychology.
• Entertainment.
• Training machine.
• Medical Help
• For academic studies
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13. Challenges
• Low level of expressiveness of avatars.
• To lessen the time of creating things.
• Creating a system that avoids bad
ergonomics.
• Maintaining psychology between user and
virtual world.
• To overcome lack of situational awareness.
• Avoidance of criminal effects
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14. Future Aspects
• By 2020, intelligent avatar will jump off the
screen and become a real-life touchable
digital image.
• Self-looking avatar.
• Mouse clicking and typing will end.
• Security, change lighting and temperature as
needed, and deliver news, sports, games, and
entertainment anywhere in the house.
• Selecting TV programs will be easy
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15. References
 www.marcowens.co.uk (Marc Owens official
website).
 www.howstuffworks.com
 www.en.wikipedia.org
 ‘The Virtual University and Avatar Technology’, by
Klaus Oestreicher, printed at Worcester Business
School, University of Worcester Henwick
Grove, United Kingdom.
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