Friday, 14 October 2011

Custom Avatars For Apple's iOS Game Center Announced

Apple's iOS Game Center might be adding customizable Avatars.Borrowing the concept which has been available in Microsoft's XBOX Live & also Nintendo's Mii,Apple is also expected to join the club.The patent details filed by Apple is available & it appears that there are apparently 2 patents as of now under the title,Avatar Editing Environment & Personalizing Colors of User Interfaces which has enlightened the Avatar customization interfaces currently under development for iOS.

                                                          Sporting a blank canvas interface in the background,the iOS Game Center Avatar will enable users to choose/edit basic facial features like nose,ears,mouth,eye etc along with accessories like glasses,bandana & hats.The multi-touch screen of iPhone,iPad or iPod Touch would enable rotating & resizing features.
                                                       The Avatar creation mode can be either manual or automatic & the the iOS Game Avatar will feature within the game too,a concept borrowed from XBOX Kinect & Wii.They will appear side by side with the user profiles which would display the game score & achievements etc.  

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