{"product_id":"virtual-humans-today-and-tomorrow-hardcover-1","title":"Virtual Humans: Today and Tomorrow - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Burden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaggi Savin-Baden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVirtual Humans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e provides a much-needed definition of what constitutes a 'virtual human' and places virtual humans within the wider context of Artificial Intelligence development. It explores the technical approaches to creating a virtual human, as well as emergent issues such as embodiment, identity, agency and digital immortality, and the resulting ethical challenges. The book presents an overview of current research and practice in this area, and outlines the major challenges faced by today's developers and researchers. The book examines the possibility for using virtual humans in a variety of roles, from personal assistants to teaching, coaching and knowledge management, and the book situates these discussions around familiar applications (e.g. Siri, Cortana, Alexa) and the portrayal of virtual humans within Science Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing field \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an array of relevant, real-life examples from expert practitioners and researchers from around the globe in how to create the avatar body, mind, senses and ability to communicate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntends to be broad in scope yet practical in approach, so that it can serve the needs of several different audiences, including researchers, teachers, developers and anyone with an interest in where these technologies might take us\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide variety of issues which have been neglected in other research texts; for example, definitions and taxonomies, the ethical challenges of virtual humans and issues around digital immortality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous examples and extensive references\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Burden\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Chartered European Engineer and the Founder and CEO of Daden Limited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggi Savin-Baden is a Professor of Education at the University of Worcester\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47212143902969,"sku":"9781138558014","price":127.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UEtJenZ6ejZaQXB1NFcvMis5QzFVQT09_b4effc3b-e137-495c-b727-f20ab17154b5.webp?v=1768088127","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/virtual-humans-today-and-tomorrow-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}