This is a pretty cool one. It's an ASL story being told by a computer-generated person. I don't believe I have ever seen one this well done. Yes, the body model itself could be more realistic but that's not the point. The animated character features body movements, the facial expressions, the ASL classifiers and more. This is where they really excelled in. Vcom3D and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center of Gallaudet University researched and developed the proof-of-concept system to be used for creating and delivering animated stories in ASL with facial expressions and ASL classifiers. They are still researching and developing the system and improving it as we speak. I think it has great potential.
It is captioned for the signing impaired. Though you can turn it off, which I did. I am fluent in ASL and could understand the story without a problem.
Click here to view it. It is titled, "The Forest" by Jason Stewart. Jason Stewart is a teacher at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, he wrote the story.
*signless* WOW! I am so excited about this animation. LOT OF WORK! Excellent job!
ReplyDeleteWow.. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteKeep up that ASL animation!
Way to go!
Banjo, what a find! This was amazing! It's so exciting to see where technology is leading us! We are truly living the history right now! Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed this and thought it was well done!
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That was amazing animation. The facial expressions were wonderful, and the signing was so fluid. Thank you for sharing that.
ReplyDeleteWith a little luck, Microsoft will buy Vcom3d and make their Signing Avatar a free library for Windows :-)
ReplyDeleteYeah, it would kind of suck for Mac owners... but really, it would be no worse than the status quo (the Signing Avatar library only runs on Windows anyway), and making it a free part of Windows would mean free third-party applications could use it.
Wow, I have never seen such good animation for an ASL avatar! The facial expressions are what really make it amazing. Would you ever accept something like this for an interpreter though? I have heard that places in the UK are trying to make signing avatars good enough to be interpreters!
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