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Virtual mobility for disabled wins Second Life prize
May 02, 2009 |
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An organization that lets people with disabilities virtually climb mountains and hike trails shared top honors in a first-ever Second Life prize for in-world projects improving real-world lives.
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Yawning toons make an ape gape
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Computer animations of yawning chimpanzees provoke the same irresistible grins in real chimps, according to an unusual study released Wednesday.
Virtual Eve: first in human computer interaction
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Nov 19, 2007 |
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The near-human performance of a virtual teacher called Eve created by Massey researchers has drawn the attention of scientists across the computing world.
Business professor says lessons on ethics, character can prevent unethical behavior in the workplace
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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A Kansas State University professor's research is showing a gap between the character traits that business students say make a good executive and the traits they describe having themselves.
Nirvana members dismayed by 'Guitar Hero 5'
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video game is not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirvana.
Too scary to be real, research looks to quantify eeriness in virtual characters
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Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Indiana University's Karl MacDorman has been to the valley -- the uncanny valley of virtual humans so lifelike they give us real humans the creeps. What he's found is that things don't look ...
Making human motion more animated
Mar 29, 2005 |
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Capturing and animating human motion for use in virtual reality or in television production is typically long and costly. However that is about to change with the first fast low-cost motion animation system that needs no ...
Probing Question: Will digital actors replace humans in Hollywood?
Sep 25, 2008 |
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They look like real actors, they walk like real actors, they talk like real actors. But with these stars there are no contentious contract negotiations or on-set meltdowns. They do exactly what the director ...
Taiwan says no to Tiger Woods-style animated news
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Taiwanese regulators have turned down an application for a television license from a Hong Kong company whose local affiliate conquered the Internet earlier this month with a fanciful video of golf ...
Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last
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Aug 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person’s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games.
Japanese Robot/Humanoid Innovations Update: Mankind's Best New Friend is Getting Better (Videos)
Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined efforts of the University of Tokyo with private sector partners and the Information and Robot Technology Research Technology Initiative have moved one-step closer to creating ...
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