Virtual Humans

This website and blog support the Virtual Humans book by David Burden and Maggi Savin-Baden published by Taylor & Francis in February 2019. Here you can find links to images, videos, papers, articles and application resources related to the topics covered by the book, and a blog maintained by the authors to track the development of this fascinating and vitally important topic.

New UK Defence AI Lab announced

New UK Defence AI Lab announced

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/flagship-ai-lab-announced-as-defence-secretary-hosts-first-meet-between-british-and-american-defence-innovators
Posted by David Burden at May 31, 2018
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Sandra Podcast



A Virtual Human related podcast drama set in a company making an Alexa style smart-speaker, and virtual assistant Sandra.

https://www.gimletmedia.com/sandra

Posted by David Burden at May 05, 2018
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End-of-life chatbot can help you with difficult final decisions


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2147691-end-of-life-chatbot-can-help-you-with-difficult-final-decisions/
Posted by David Burden at May 04, 2018
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Starting the site

Just starting the site.
Posted by David Burden at May 03, 2018
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  • About the Book
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Book Topics

  • Defining Virtual Humans
  • VH vs AI vs Robots
  • The Turing Test
  • Uncanny Valley
  • VH in Science Fiction
  • A Component Model
  • Bodies and Avatars
  • Senses
  • Minds
  • Communication - Symbolic
  • Communications - Other
  • Architectures
  • Interfaces
  • Embodiment
  • Types of VH
  • Lenses
  • Halo Testbed
  • Ethics
  • Identity and Agency
  • VH for Education
  • VH, AI and Employment
  • Digital Immortality
  • Artificial General Intelligence
  • Uploads and Emulations
  • The Singularity
  • Artificial Sentience
  • Future Scenarios
  • VH and Space Exploration
  • Famous and Infamous Virtual Humans

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