Virtual Humans: A Build-It-Yourself Kit, Complete With Software and Step-By-Step Instructions - Softcover

Peter M. Plantec; Ray Kurzwell; Ray Kurzweil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814472214 ISBN 13: 9780814472217

Publisher: Amacom Books, 2003

Synopsis

Provides instructions on creating a synthetic being on a computer, with information on adding unique personalities, realistic voices and faces, and emotions.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Plantec (Aspen, CO) is the creator of Sylvie, the first commercially available virtual human interface, and cofounder of Virtual Personalities, Inc. A psychologist, animator, and software designer, he heads both OrdinaryMagic.com and V-people.com. He is contributing editor and columnist at AVVideo/Multimedia Producer Magazine, and is the author ofCaligari trueSpace 2 Bible, a number one best-seller in its genre.

From the Inside Flap

Virtual Humans lets you create a fully-realized synthetic being, complete with personality traits, physical attributes, communication capabilities, and useful skills right on your computer!

With Peter Plantec s step-by-step instructions and the software on the included CD, almost anyone can have a "V-human" up and running in surprisingly little time. What s more, your creation can be used for innumerable business, entertainment, and educational purposes.

Virtual Humans gives you a clear and accessible guide to:

· Creating unique and engaging personalities
· Adding realistic voices and faces
· Designing and using advanced emotion expression engines
· Using virtual humans as hosts on business and recreational websites

For the cutting-edge business, the computer hobbyist, and even the mad scientist, Virtual Humans shows how to design the perfect V-human, and provides the software to make him or her as real as you can imagine!

Edition details

• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814472214
• ISBN 13: 9780814472217
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288