“VIPs: Virtually Invented People” by Burgess, Hayes-Roth, Sirius, Vetter and Waters

Conference:

SIGGRAPH 2001

Type:

Panels

Entry Number: 09

Title:

VIPs: Virtually Invented People

Presenter(s)/Author(s):

• Andrew Burgess
• Barbara Hayes-Roth
• R.U. Sirius
• Thomas Vetter
• Keith Waters

Moderator(s):

• Kathryn Saunders

Abstract:

Building compelling, realistic virtual people is an intriguing, multidisciplinary, technical challenge. As we meet that challenge and move toward a generation of believable digital characters, novel forms of personal interaction and human-machine communication will become routine. This panel examines the next generation of lifelike virtual humans and discusses the social, entertainment, psychological, and theological puzzles that they present.

 

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