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(Re-)creation of a human being in image and voice
A virtual actor, also known as virtual human, virtual persona, digital actor, or digital clone is the creation or re-creation of a human being in image and voice using computer-generated imagery and sound, that is often indistinguishable from the real actor. A virtual actor created with the assistance of artificial intelligence is commonly referred to as an AI-generated actor. US legislation uses the term digital replicas for digital figures of real identifiable people. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Virtual actorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Human versus virtual influences, a comparative studyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer GraphicsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Design of a virtual human presenterCited 76 times
- Go sideways: Grand Moff TarkinA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Computer-generated imageryA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Design of a virtual human presenter
PopGen: A virtual human population generator
Conversations with a virtual human: Synthetic emotions and human responses
Virtual research assistants: Replacing human interviewers by automated avatars in virtual worlds
Virtual human hand: model and kinematics
Virtual human hybrid control in virtual assembly and maintenance simulation
Continuous interaction with a virtual human
Virtual physiological human 2016: translating the virtual physiological human to the clinic
🆕 Influential since 2022
Human versus virtual influences, a comparative study
Virtually human: anthropomorphism in virtual influencer marketing
Can you sense without being human? Comparing virtual and human influencers endorsement effectiveness
Novelty vs. trust in virtual influencers: exploring the effectiveness of human-like virtual influencers and anime-like virtual influencers
Virtual influencer and cultural heritage destination: Endorsement effectiveness of virtual versus human influencers
đź“š Books worth reading
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer GraphicsLucio Tommaso De Paolis, Patrick Bourdot · 2016
The Cassini DivisionKen MacLeod · 1998- 📕Virtual reality technologyGrigore C. Burdea · 2003
Virtual, Augmented and Mixed RealityJessie Y.C. Chen, Gino Fragomeni · 2018
Virtual WorldsJean-Claude Heudin · 1998
Virtual realityHoward Rheingold · 1991- 📕Working through synthetic worldsC. A. P. Smith, Kenneth W. Kisiel · 2009
Glimpses of heaven, visions of hellBarrie Sherman, Phillip Judkins · 1992
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