Description: Virtual Humans by David Burden, Maggi Savin-Baden Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Virtual Humans 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 todays 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.Features Presents a comprehensive overview of this rapidly developing field Provides 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 Intends 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 Covers 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 Includes numerous examples and extensive references Author Biography David Burden is a Chartered European Engineer and the Founder and CEO of Daden LimitedMaggi Savin-Baden is a Professor of Education at the University of Worcester Details ISBN 113855801X ISBN-13 9781138558014 Title Virtual Humans Author David Burden, Maggi Savin-Baden Format Hardcover Year 2019 Pages 286 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:139838777; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781138558014
Book Title: Virtual Humans
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Virtual Humans : Today and Tomorrow
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Subject: Programming / Games, Machine Theory, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, General, Personality, Electronics / General, Virtual Worlds
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.5 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Maggi Savin-Baden, David Burden
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Psychology
Item Width: 7.2 in
Series: Chapman and Hall/Crc Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ser.
Format: Hardcover
