DARPA's 'Social Puppet' 109
Roland Piquepaille writes "Videogame creators are heavily using software to animate objects or characters without reprogramming them between two scenes. Now, game designers from the University of Southern California (USC) have developed 'Social Puppet,' a computer engine to 'help soldiers learn unfamiliar languages by interacting with animated characters.' For this project, financed by DARPA, the researchers have used their expertise in previous videogames used by the armed forces, such as 'Tactical Iraqi.' But previous games were focused on teaching language and customs while Social Puppet is giving on-screen characters human non-verbal communication behaviors."
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Score:5, Informative)
Why is the company that is at the forefront of intelligent vehicles collaborating with the U.S. army!?
Umm... the US Army [army.mil] is part of the Department of Defense [defenselink.mil], and DARPA [darpa.mil] stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Alternate uses (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Military intelligence (Score:1, Informative)
Sadly, many people [worldnetdaily.com] really do think this way.
Re:So... (Score:4, Informative)