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Title: Virtual Humans: A Build-It-Yourself Kit, Complete With Software and Step-By-Step Instructions by Peter M. Plantec, Ray Kurzwell, Ray Kurzweil ISBN: 0-8144-7221-4 Publisher: AMACOM Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Master of communications
Comment: This is the most readable book I have ever read. It reads so well the chapters flow straight to mind with ner a glitch. I guess Mr. Plantec's background as master psychologist allows him to write so elegant and straightforward to the message. The book easily helps me see possibilities in the field of v-humans. Mr. Plantec honestly points to where we are in the state of the art, what is is availble now, then to the areas of virtual human development that need work to make them more useful - therein giving people like me directions to points of departure for the adventure of simulating v-people for the service of users.
Then again, maybe it's Mr. Plantec's willingness and desire to serve people well on these topics that makes the book so great.
Rating: 5
Summary: A good introduction
Comment: This book immediately caught my attention at the bookstore.
It takes us beyond computer animation into the realm of AI programming of virtual humans - or androids. At least in a rudimentary sense. The next step once you have a functional AI brain with a personality would be to put it into a physical robot.
The book itself is an interesting introduction to this growing area of research. If you are into animation and AI you should find it of great interest.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Starting Point for People New to V-Humans
Comment: I found this book an inspiration. As a technologist interested in moving into the V-Human field, I found this an excellent starting point. I particularly liked the examples and discussion on emulating emotions. This has become a montra for me in the development of our V-Human application.
On top of all that, it was an interesting, quick read. Kudos to Peter Plantec for a great book...
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Title: The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil ISBN: 0140282025 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I. by Jay W. Richards, George F. Gilder, Ray Kurzweil, Thomas Ray, John Searle, William Dembski, Michael Denton ISBN: 0963865439 Publisher: Discovery Institute Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Build Your Own Army of Web Bots Within 24 Hours (Army of Web Bots Series, 1) by Monica Lamb ISBN: 1403390010 Publisher: 1stBooks Library Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do by B. J. Fogg ISBN: 1558606432 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Next Fifty Years : Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century by John Brockman ISBN: 0375713425 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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