Virtual human
Exploring cooperation with virtual humans, 2017
Ilaria Torre, Naomi Harte, Emma Carrigan, Rachel McDonnell, Killian McCabe — a collaboration between the Sigmedia Group; Graphics, Vision, and Visualisation Group; and ADAPT, Trinity College Dublin (IT & IE)
Avatars are interactive virtual characters that represent someone, or something, digitally. They are becoming increasingly more popular and we can foresee that we will use more and more of them in the future. It is expected that people and machines will team up to advance technology and solve some of the problems afflicting our planet. However, this raises a number of questions: Are there any ethical issues? What are an avatar’s skills? And — very importantly — can they be trusted?
BIO
This is a collaboration between the engineering and computer science faculties at Trinity College Dublin through the ADAPT research centre. Ilaria is an EDGE postdoctoral research fellow with the Sigmedia group. Naomi is an associate professor in digital media systems and also a member of the Sigmedia group. Rachel is an Ussher assistant professor in creative technologies and member of the Graphics, Vision and Visualisation group. Emma is a PhD student in the Graphics, Vision and Visualisation group.