Virtual humans : back to the future

• Main Authors: Thalmann, Nadia Magnenat, Thalmann, Daniel
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96485; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12985; http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2305278
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper essentially tries to examine all the roles that Virtual Humans can play in empowering human expression, and the research challenges we have to face to make this possible. It starts with a short history of Virtual Humans and how we contribute to the foundations of this field. We then defin...