Yahoo Avatar

I thought that the Yahoo Avatar was very interesting. It gave you an endless number of different options that you could add to your woman/man. It was fun to play around and give her different features and outfits. I think that this would appeal more to a younger audience because its kind of like playing dress up only in a virtual way, but it could still be interesting for college students. I think that its helpful in a field like consumer apparel and retail studies because you can see how outfits work and try different kinds or styles but not actually have to try them on yourselves you and try them on the virtual doll first and see what you like and dislike. It would make a retailers job easier because they wouldn't have to waste the time of trying things on people first. I'm not really sure what else they could do to make it better because it has about every option that you could have as far as hair and facial expressions. With all of the different options you can create just about whoever you want to be. They could maybe use a little more clothing options and more accessories. For the most part i really like doing the avatar and enjoyed getting to try different clothing and different ideas.
-Asia