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Digital Immortality applications require a type of believability that differs from that of interactive, conversational agents and other types of virtual humans. We are exploring the creation of digitally immortal, virtual humans whose primary visual interface is based only on original media assets of the persons being digitally immortalized. We describe a software framework that supports scripted, video creation techniques in which persons proactively assist in the process of preparing for digital immortalization as an interactive, known virtual human.
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DeGroot, D. (2003). VideoDIMs as a Framework for Digital Immortality Applications. In: Rist, T., Aylett, R.S., Ballin, D., Rickel, J. (eds) Intelligent Virtual Agents. IVA 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2792. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39396-2_22
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