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Virtual Humans

About Virtual Humans

Imagine a simulated training where the characters you interact with are almost human -- they converse, they understand, can reason and exhibit emotions. Such a simulation will open up whole new horizons for teaching and learning. This is the mission of the ICT virtual human effort, widely considered the most advanced research project of its kind.

Projects

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Virtual Officer Leadership Trainer (VOLT)

The Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) seeks to supplement current…

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Visual Sensing

In order to maximize the impact of an immersive training…

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Transitional Online Post-Deployment Soldier Support in Virtual Worlds (TOPSS-VW)

TOPSS-VW also known as “Coming Home,” implements ICT’s intelligent virtual…

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Speech

The Speech project develops software and speech-based prototypes to facilitate…

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SimCoach

The goal of SimCoach is to create an experience that…

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Sergeant Star

The Sergeant Star Immersive Demonstration presents a new class of…

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Sergeant Blackwell

Sergeant John Blackwell, Interactive Character is a 3D virtual character…

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Rapport

You know that harmony, fluidity, synchrony, flow one feels when…

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Virtual Patient

Virtual Patients are advanced conversational virtual human agents that have…

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Responsive Virtual Human Museum Guides

With support from the National Science…

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Nonverbal Communication and Computation

When people interact with each other, it is common to…

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Natural Language Processing and Dialogue Management

The purpose of the Natural Language Processing and Dialogue Management…

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Mixed Reality Research and Development (MxR)

The Mixed Reality Research & Development group creates immersive systems…

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Integrated Virtual Humans

Building embodied virtual humans is a complex multi-disciplinary effort that…

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ISI Natural Language Understanding

The ISI Natural Language Understanding project builds natural language understanding…

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Human Embodiment

The Human Embodiment project researches the outward behavior of virtual…

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Gunslinger

Imagine stepping into a portal to another place and time.…

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Digital Backlot

Much of the work performed at the ICT requires rapid…

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Cognition and Emotion

Emotions have a pervasive impact over our lives. They influence…

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Centralized Knowledge Representation

In most large, distributed systems that use state-of-the-art components, there…

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AFOSR

Many have argued that emotion is fundamental to cognition, so…

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