Category: virtualbeings2020

> [Nonverbal behavior in multimodal performances](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337647604_Nonverbal_behavior_in_multimodal_performances) (2019)  

*Co-founder of AI Foundry, and CEO of ARTPARK, **Umakant Soni** also founded Indiaâ??s first AI bot startup in 2009 (Vimagino vhelp.me).* https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/ai-and-robotics-park-at-iisc-to-boost-rd/articleshow/79333815.cms  

> Soul Machines https://www.soulmachines.com/2020/11/optimizing-the-buyers-journey-how-to-increase-ecommerce-conversions-by-4-6x-with-digital-people/  

Lil Miquela: From Illuminati Sex Doll to Robot Pop Star (2020)  

> [Fast and Deep Deformation Approximations (2018)](https://research.dreamworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Rig_Approximation-Edited.pdf)  

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/puppetsworld-launches-an-app-for-animating-photos-with-ai-301130904.html  

https://gamma.umd.edu/researchdirections/affectivecomputing/gen_emotive_gaits/  

Performing Human-Robot Interaction User Studies in Virtual Reality (2020)  

> The technology allows parents, teachers or carers to watch the child move through the game and even participate from the sidelines. https://tech.eu/brief/kuato-studios-funding/