I like those cute dumpy little avatars in my Xbox 360, especially as mine can't be as fat and ugly as I am in real life. I exist in a more perfected cuddly digital form while gaming.

However it looks like Rare is going to have to make changes to the avatars for the launch of the Kinect motion controller. It seems the cartoon proportions don't work properly for hand/eye coordination when faced with the camera-based motion control system.

"Nick Burton, senior programmer at avatar creators Rare, says that they'll become more realistic and will essentially be 'Avatar 2.0'."

Source: OXM