Imagine having a discussion with Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein on the nature of the universe, where their 3-D, life-sized representations looked you in the eye, examined your body language, considered voice nuances and phraseology of your questions, then answered you in a way that is so real you would swear the images were alive.
Technology from computer games, animation and artificial intelligence provide the elements to make this happen. The National Science Foundation has awarded a half-million dollar, three-year grant to UIC(University of Illinois at Chicago ) and UCF(University of Central Florida) researchers to bring those elements together and create the methodology for making such virtual figures commonplace.
EVL(Electronic Visualization Laboratory ) will build a state-of-the-art motion-capture studio to digitalize the image and movement of real people who will go on to live a virtual eternity in virtual reality. Knowledge will be archived into databases. Voices will be analyzed to create synthesized but natural-sounding "virtual" voices. Mannerisms will be studied and used in creating the 3-D virtual forms, known technically as avatars. These "Avatars" would respond to human conversations through actions and voice. A true implementation of 3D techniques.. Isn't it?
More information refer Article in Science Daily
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