Avatar output device, terminal device, avatar output method, and program

An avatar output method implemented by a memory configured to store at least one terminal attribute value including position information of an avatar corresponding to a terminal device, the method comprising:

• transmitting the position information of the avatar corresponding to the terminal device to an avatar output device;
• receiving, from the avatar output device, position information of another avatar corresponding to at least one other terminal device;
• and
• acquiring a score of the at least one other avatar using the position information of the at least one other avatar and the position information of the avatar corresponding to the terminal device,
• wherein transmitting the position information of the avatar includes
• transmitting, to the avatar output device, the score of the at least one other avatar in association with a terminal identifier of the terminal device, the score of the at least one other avatar corresponding to a terminal device other than the terminal device from which the score was received,
• wherein receiving the position information includes
• receiving, in response to the transmission of the score, different pieces of model information of the other avatar corresponding to the score or the determination result from the avatar output device, and
• displaying the at least one other avatar using the model information.

An avatar output device comprising:

• a memory configured to store, for each of two or more avatars, avatar information including first model information for displaying the avatar;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to
• receive, from each of two or more terminal devices, a determination result based on a score of at least one other avatar acquired by each of the two or more terminal devices in association with an avatar identifier, the determination result of the at least one other avatar corresponding to a terminal device other than the terminal device from which the score was received;
• determine, for each of the two or more terminal devices, at least one first avatar to be displayed using the first model information and at least one second avatar to be displayed using second model information with a data size smaller than a data size of the first model information from among the two or more avatars, using the determination result;
• acquire an avatar using the second model information for each of the at least one second avatar, and acquire an avatar using the first model information for each of the at least one first avatar;
• and
• output the two or more acquired avatars.