Technology Considerations in Building Virtual Educational Avatars
Antun Drobnjak, Ivica Botički · International Conference on Computers in Education · 2024
This paper examines the area of technology development for virtual educational avatars. Since such avatars can be real-like and closely resemble real or fictional persons, the paper examines practical aspects of such designs, linking technology designs to pedagogy requirements. Following these, technology development considerations for realistic voice and video generation and the corresponding architecture which enables realistic virtual avatar for use in education are discussed. Additionally, using powerful CPUs and GPUs shows how current technology allows for efficient and sophisticated video and audio generation, emphasizing the need for optimized resource management to balance processing speed and output quality.