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SciTech Awards: Scanning Hollywood with Paul Debevec
Creating photo-real digital actors is one of the biggest remaining challenges in feature film visual effects. Digitally rendered faces must achieve...
The Next Frontier of Wearable Tech: Your Shoes
Would you be tempted to spend the money for some smart shoes? Is the extra technology worth the higher price tag? Or, is this taking wearable...
The 5 Biggest Tech Challenges to Building a Commercial Avatar
Here’s a look at some of the biggest tech barriers facing avatar systems – and how researchers think we can overcome them, from ANA Travel...
Smart Buildings May Soon Deploy AI Avatars to Improve Energy Efficiency
New research shows that the human-machine dynamic will be important to achieving the potential for smart buildings in the near future. Continue...
Digital Influences and the Dollars that Follow Them
Today, there are generally three types of virtual avatar: realistic high-resolution CGI avatars, stylized CGI avatars and manipulated video avatars....
A Virtual Human Teaches Negotiating Skills
Whether it’s haggling for a better price or negotiating for a higher salary, there is a skill to getting the most of what you want. Voice of...
Rapid Terrain Generation
Geospecific 3D terrain representation (aka reality modeling) is revolutionizing geovisualization, simulation, and engineering practices around the...
AI Programs Can Help in Early Detection of Mental Health Issues
GovernmentCIO explores research focused on using artificial intelligence to help detect signs of mental health issues, referencing ICT studies in...