Ars Electronica Festival · 2011
Android Theater
by Oriza Hirata, Hiroshi Ishiguro
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2011
Oriza Hirata and Hiroshi Ishiguro's “Android Theater” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2011, category Interactive Art.
Where does the feeling of one’s presence, such as the atmosphere or the authority of a person come from? How can it be captured, revived and transmitted? To tackle this mystery, we have developed a real-person-based android, “geminoid”. A geminoid appears and behaves just like its source person.
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