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      Virtual Humans

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      Virtual Humans book

      Today and Tomorrow

      Virtual Humans

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      Virtual Humans book

      Today and Tomorrow
      ByDavid Burden, Maggi Savin-Baden
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2019
      eBook Published 13 February 2019
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Chapman and Hall/CRC
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315151199
      Pages 318
      eBook ISBN 9781315151199
      Subjects Computer Science, Education, Engineering & Technology
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      Burden, D., & Savin-Baden, M. (2019). Virtual Humans: Today and Tomorrow (1st ed.). Chapman and Hall/CRC. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315151199

      ABSTRACT

      Virtual Humans provides a much-needed definition of what constitutes a ‘virtual human’ and places virtual humans within the wider context of Artificial Intelligence development. It explores the technical approaches to creating a virtual human, as well as emergent issues such as embodiment, identity, agency and digital immortality, and the resulting ethical challenges. The book presents an overview of current research and practice in this area, and outlines the major challenges faced by today’s developers and researchers. The book examines the possibility for using virtual humans in a variety of roles, from personal assistants to teaching, coaching and knowledge management, and the book situates these discussions around familiar applications (e.g. Siri, Cortana, Alexa) and the portrayal of virtual humans within Science Fiction.

      Features

      • Presents a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing field
      • Provides an array of relevant, real-life examples from expert practitioners and researchers from around the globe in how to create the avatar body, mind, senses and ability to communicate
      • Intends to be broad in scope yet practical in approach, so that it can serve the needs of several different audiences, including researchers, teachers, developers and anyone with an interest in where these technologies might take us
      • Covers a wide variety of issues which have been neglected in other research texts; for example, definitions and taxonomies, the ethical challenges of virtual humans and issues around digital immortality
      • Includes numerous examples and extensive references

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part I|2 pages

      The Landscape

      chapter 1|22 pages

      What Are Virtual Humans?

      chapter 2|20 pages

      Virtual Humans and Artificial Intelligence

      section II|3 pages

      Technology

      chapter 3|21 pages

      Body and Senses

      chapter 4|26 pages

      Mind

      chapter 5|18 pages

      Communications

      chapter 6|27 pages

      Architecture

      chapter 7|15 pages

      Embodiment

      chapter 8|19 pages

      Assembling and Assemblages

      section III|2 pages

      Issues and Futures

      chapter 9|16 pages

      Digital Ethics

      chapter 10|16 pages

      Identity and Agency

      chapter 11|18 pages

      Virtual Humans for Education

      chapter 12|15 pages

      Digital Immortality

      chapter 13|23 pages

      Futures and Possibilities

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