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Who does an AI teammate choose to hear?
An audit crosses avatar style and voice presentation to examine how models make social choices from synthetic character cues.
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research 2026
A convincing face is not a validated experiment
A 2026 theory paper proposes a way to study generated identity cues. Its most useful boundary is the one between a demonstration and evidence.
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research 2025
An inclusive avatar needs more than an extra checkbox
A set of disability representation guidelines moves attention from a list of objects to how an avatar behaves and can be changed.
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research 2024
VASA-1 made a portrait perform, then drew a line around release
Microsoft Research demonstrated audio-driven talking faces while explicitly withholding an online demo, API and product release because of misuse concerns.
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research 2022
An avatar should be possible to hear approaching
VRBubble turns social distance into configurable audio information—and shows why more information can also become a burden.
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research 2019
What LISSA’s first sessions can actually tell us
An automated conversational avatar was assessed through eight older adults’ first sessions and research-assistant ratings. That is evidence about dialogue handling, not health outcomes.
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The Proteus effect: a face is not a destiny
A foundational experiment asks whether a digital body changes its wearer. The answer needs its laboratory boundaries.
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