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Artificial Life and Virtual Reality

By Daniel Thalmann , Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

Book information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
1994
ISBN
9780471951469, 0-471-95146-3
LCC
QA76.9.H85 A785 1994
Open Library ID
OL1088622M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15273828 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
250\250
Time added
2010-04-25 21:59:20

Description

The technology which once produced the first synthetic human today includes the simulation of human behaviour processes, associated with consciousness and the emotions. When a computer creates artificial life, its synthetic creatures demonstrate the behaviour patterns of real living beings. This book investigates the technological advances which allow artificial life to be placed within a virtual setting, where the human user can meet and interact with synthetic beings—people, animals or plants—in a complete simulation of the real world. It introduces new concepts such as artificial consciousness, artificial presence, artificial autonomy and artificial perception; and discusses important results in the development of immersive and auditory virtual environments, and co-operative work.

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