received via Andrew Bramer's virtual identity................
Hey 410 become a part of V.V.S,
So a few of use are interested in doing some video/performance work,and we would very much like this to be a collaborative effort. Similarto the Yoko Ono stuff we did. We are really exited about the idea ofworking on art as a group, and are curious if any of you were alsointerested. So here is what we have come up with so far.
- Basically it’s an interview with an avatar of yourself, which we createin second life (Second Life is a virtual world with millions of users).
- The only catch is it’s a live broadcast.
- The way we do this is by projecting an image of the avatar “live” in second life.
- Then the interviewer sits in front of the projection next to his or her own avatar.
- The avatar will be life size and the happenings in the background will be live and uncontrollable.
- A camera will be in placed real life so as to capture the video of the two subjects.
- This broadcast will be shown live via the Internet.
This will be the basic platform with a few variations on this set up coming in weekly episodes.
Episode one (or the pilot) will be a conversational performance piece.
- The object is to have a conversation with your Virtual self.
- This will be accomplished by using Internet programs known as chatterbots.
- These are simple interfaces that are complex math formulas aimed at reproducing Human speech patterns.
- There are many out there; however none are perfect.
- So what the interviewer will do is ask these chatterbots questions andwhatever the chatterbots response is, will be sent to (Text To Speech)software (computerized voice).
- That way people watching the broadcast will be able to hear the questions and the response.
Episode two has not yet been formalized so we encourage you to think of some ideas that might fit in.
If you are interested:
-E-maileither me Bramerandrew@yahoo.com or Eric at ecaselton@gmail.com with aphoto of your self (straight view Just like the gizmo deal) then we canget them processed before hand.
- Go to the chatterbot databaseweb link and find a chatterbot you would like to talk to. Document whatyou asked the bot and what its replies were.
-Then either e-mail them or print them.
-Remember when constructing the dialogue that the conversation is theactual piece of art. So think about what questions or responses youintend viewers to have.
Thanks a lot V.V.S.
http://www.virtuallyvirtualstudios.com/
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