The most expressive controllable virtual bust ever created

Crambridge University develops virtual bust whose face can show emotions such as happiness, anger or fear, and change your voice depending on the text you interpret.

Researchers at the Cambridge Research Lab Toshiba and the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge have developed a virtual bust whose face can show emotions such as happiness, anger or fear, and change your voice depending on the text you interpret.

Users can also write any message, specifying the required emotion, so that Zoe, That's the name of this talking bust, I 'interpreted' it.

Its creators consider this to be the most expressive controllable avatar ever created., since it can represent human emotions with unprecedented realism.

The avatar's face is taken from Zoë Lister, the actress who plays the character of Zoe Carpenter in the Channel series 4 from the UK, Hollyoaks.

To recreate your face and voice, Researchers spent several days recording Zoe's own voice and facial expressions.. In total they collected thousands of phrases, that were used to train the system.

In addition, Researchers tracked Lister's face, while it was talking to the software through the computer. The information collected was transformed into a voice and face model, thanks to the application of mathematical algorithms.

The application is so light that it could work at information kiosks in airports or stations., For example, or even on smartphones as a personal assistant or to send and read messages with a face to friends.

The image of the virtual Zoe is displayed in a template that, in the near future, will allow you to upload the voices and faces of the users themselves in a matter of seconds, thus personalizing your own digital assistants with your emotions.

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