Fine Print

We’d like to welcome Emily as our newest member of the team, she handles accounts:

And say hello to Lee, he’s in charge of client relations:

Actually, don’t bother. They’re not real and won’t reply.

The first “person” is totally computer-generated, and demonstrates the next level that photo-realistic characters have reached for use in video games, films and other applications. The other is an android developed by a Japanese robotics professor. The realism in both — especially “Emily” — is quite stunning, and perhaps, a little bit freaky too if you were ever scared of dolls as a kid.

My point? Loads of potential for the social media/network scene in a few years, when your online avatar will be as realistic as you, for when you hold a virtual seminar, need to give a few presentations at the same time, or just need a webcam stand-in for when the golf course beckons.

And talking of things that aren’t as they seem, the Enfartico spoofer has been unveiled.

~ John Carson, Senior Digital Media Specialist, GCI Canada