Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness—simulation of the human brain via software and computer techno

Though humans have been communicating through virtual mediators since the invention of the telephone, new technologies make the use of virtual communications ev

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

"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

Includes proceedings of the association, papers read at the annual sessions, and lists of current medical literature.