ILHAIRE: New Computer Avatars Can Laugh Without Seemng Creepy
Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 12:02
in Mathematics & Economics
Two things send our Uncanny Valley creepiness meter straight to red - realistic robots that flirt and anything that laughs. Realistic laughing is actually not trivial. We see it in real life, we can often tell when someone is fake laughing. On computers it is even more off-putting. Scholars at the Numediart Institute of the University of Mons are members of a project called ILHAIRE - The Science Of Laughter, which seeks a better understanding of laughter features in order to incorporate them into interactive systems. read more