Humans use both speech and gestures to convey information
Stanford University
An AI model can make virtual avatars naturally gesture to match spoken words, paving the way for AI-generated news anchors or influencers to move more realistically when ‘they speak.
When humans speak, we gesture to convey our message, but when video game characters or digital avatars attempt similar behavior, they often perform generic movements, regardless of what they are actually saying. To make the gestures of virtual figures more realistic, the researchers first had to teach an AI model the connection between speech and body language – and the…
