Virtual Humans provides a much-needed definition of what constitutes a ‘virtual human’ and places virtual humans within the wider context of Artificial Inte

Virtual Humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and games) and medical applicat

"Foreword by Ray Kurzweil, author, The Age of Spiritual Machines ""Virtual humans"" may seem like something out of science fiction, but they are already here. C

In this book, various aspects of cognitive and emotional behaviour is described. In chapter one, a state of the art introduction to VH is presented and the asso

Embodied agents play an increasingly important role in cognitive interaction technology. The two main types of embodied agents are virtual humans inhabiting sim