The age of avatar realism: When seeing shouldn't be believing

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Riek, Laurel D ^a   Watson, Robert N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biometrics; facial expressions; Gesture; interfaces; posture; security protocols; social spaces; telerobotics; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; GESTURE; INTERFACES; POSTURE; SECURITY PROTOCOLS; SOCIAL SPACES; TELE-ROBOTICS;

BIOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 78650257415     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2010.938841     Document Type: Article

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