{"id":6031,"date":"2017-08-03T20:46:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6031"},"modified":"2017-08-03T20:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T19:46:02","slug":"getting-social-in-sansar-with-the-aid-of-speech-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6031","title":{"rendered":"Getting Social In Sansar With The Aid Of Speech Graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n

Last night I attended a Sansar<\/a> meetup and a few things caught my attention. Obviously you can do social in Sansar, you don’t need a VR headset to get involved in a conversation, indeed with the text chat app you don’t need a headset of any sort, although the conversation was largely in voice and a voice headset definitely helps.<\/p>\n

Some of the avatars moved, their arms would move when they spoke and I know at least one such avatar was wearing a VR headset but what took me more by surprise was the mouth movements and facial expressions of some of the avatars. At first I thought this was a feature of a VR headset but then one of the avatars mentioned that she was looking forward to getting a VR headset, but didn’t yet have one.<\/p>\n

Now the facial expressions and mouth movement of this avatar had most caught my attention because at one time I’d convinced myself I could lip read her words.<\/p>\n

A tweet later from Stanford VR<\/a> explained to me what was likely to have been happening, Speech Graphics<\/a> voice driven facial animations are apparently at work in Sansar, and if that’s true, they work bloody well.<\/p>\n

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\"Sansar<\/a><\/p>\n

At this point I think it’s a good idea to go to the blurb on the about page of the Speech Graphics website to explain a bit about<\/a> what they do :<\/p>\n

Speech Graphics delivers pioneering facial animation technology to the entertainment industry, working with clients such as Warner Brothers and Def Jam Recordings. Based on over 20 years of R&D in speech technology and procedural facial dynamics, our software produces high-quality facial animation from audio alone, with no need for motion capture.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Edinburgh\u00a0based company have had their work included in top rated games and won awards for their work, and it’s not hard to see why.<\/p>\n

\"Jenn<\/a><\/p>\n

Obviously impressive technology alone doesn’t make a location social, it helps mind you, but you need people to make something social, so it’s a long road ahead for a venture like Sansar to not only attract people, but to keep them there.<\/p>\n

As for the meetup, it was actually a social discussion that went into all sorts of directions, punch cards, Commodore 64, why people are having difficulty seeing the second series of Mr Robot and of course, a bit of discussion about Sansar. These discussions can be held inside and outside of virtual worlds of course, they are not location specific.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n

People are at the heart of the social experience of course, other people in the main, unless of course I’m already in a virtual world and the rest of you are AI bots who are just humouring me …. I hope that’s not the case because I’m not getting anywhere near enough achievements!<\/p>\n

Anyway, Speech Graphics looks like it brings an added dimension to a virtual world experience, if that’s what I witnessed last night then it is impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I attended a Sansar meetup and a few things caught my attention. Obviously you can do social in Sansar, you don’t need a VR headset to get involved in a conversation, indeed with the text chat app you don’t need a headset of any sort, although the conversation was largely in voice and … <\/p>\n

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