Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality
Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Author: Sing C. Chew

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-02-11

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 179364151X

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We live in a digitalized world that is experiencing environmental changes, scarcity of natural resources, global pandemics, mass migrations, and burgeoning global populations. In Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality, Sing C. Chew proposes that we meet these challenges by examining the connected global world we live in and by considering the advances that have been made in digitalization, miniaturization, dematerialization, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented realities, and machine learning, which have increased our socioeconomic and political productivity. Chew outlines potential structural avenues to address these challenges, suggests pragmatic choices to ease living during these chaotic crisis conditions, and outlines solutions that will enable us to traverse systemic crises.

The Atlas of AI
The Atlas of AI

Author: Kate Crawford

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0300209576

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The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy and freedom What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? In this book Kate Crawford reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequality. Drawing on more than a decade of research, award-winning science, and technology, Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the energy and minerals needed to build and sustain its infrastructure, to the exploited workers behind "automated" services, to the data AI collects from us. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a political and a material perspective on what it takes to make artificial intelligence and where it goes wrong. While technical systems present a veneer of objectivity, they are always systems of power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.

Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Language Learning
Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Language Learning

Author: Ulf Schütze

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2024-06-15

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9027246858

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It is intriguing and challenging to learn a language by diving into the worlds of Virtual Reality (3-D environments, avatars, games) and Artificial Intelligence (chatbots, agents). What are the issues and benefits of these technological innovations? Taking readers on a journey through the brain, this book explains how VR and AI may foster and sustain connectivity between language faculties, the senses/emotions, working and long-term memory, and attention. With the speed of technological innovation increasing, cognitive demand as well as aspects of intrinsic motivation are analyzed, charted, and discussed, as these may become essential for future development of language learning experiences. This volume should be of interest to instructors, researchers, and students of languages and linguistics, cognitive psychology, and computer science.

Handbook of Research on Teaching With Virtual Environments and AI
Handbook of Research on Teaching With Virtual Environments and AI

Author: Panconesi, Gianni

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-02-19

Total Pages: 811

ISBN-13: 179987639X

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The increasingly pervasive use of digital technology has catapulted society into an interconnected world where the natural boundaries between humankind and machine, virtual and real, individual and community have become less perceptible. As individuals interact with different digital technologies, they must build a digital intelligence, which must be further cultivated as it is a key competency for the future of school and work. Digital intelligence includes understanding the mutual strengths between people and technology, as well as developing an awareness in the use of digital tools in order to avoid common threats such as cyberbullying, addiction to video games, techno-stress, and more. As adolescents continue to engage with virtual reality and 3D virtual worlds where the online and offline overlap and coincide, it is important to build this intelligence as well as utilize these technologies to promote successful learning. The Handbook of Research on Teaching With Virtual Environments and AI explores the new personalized educational opportunities that are available with digital technology and virtual environments that can be used within education. This book focuses on the use of these tools and how to navigate the use of new technologies such as AI and virtual environments for educational practices. While highlighting topics such as virtual worlds, game-based learning, intelligent tutoring, augmented reality, and more, this book is ideal for teachers, administrators, technologists, educational software developers, IT specialists, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in how virtual environments and AI are being implemented in teaching practices.

Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence

Author: Matteo Zaralli

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-02-29

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1003846033

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Technology is rapidly transforming the way people learn and train, and the integration of virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) could be the next big breakthrough. With the advent of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse, there are endless possibilities for creating immersive and engaging learning environments. However, there is also a need to address the risks and challenges that these technologies present. This book explores the risks and opportunities of VR and AI for coaching and training, with an eye toward the emerging trends of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse. Coaching and training have become increasingly important for companies seeking to develop and retain talent. With the advent of VR and AI technology, there is an opportunity to create immersive and engaging learning environments that could greatly enhance the learning experience. However, there are also risks associated with the use of these technologies, such as data privacy and cybersecurity. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the risks and opportunities of VR and AI for coaching and training, to help startup and business executives understand how to use these technologies responsibly and effectively. We need a new perspective. The book discusses the intersection of various major subjects and topics: business, innovation, technology, and philosophy in terms of critical thinking. The transition we are experiencing through this new Intelligent Revolution is very important, and soon everyone will witness the shift from e-learning to v-learning.

Artificial Intelligence meets Augmented Reality
Artificial Intelligence meets Augmented Reality

Author: Chitra lele

Publisher: BPB Publications

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9388511336

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Blending of AI and AR DESCRIPTION Artificial Intelligence Meets Augmented Reality: Redefining Regular Reality is a unique book as it presents the new technology paradigm of artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) and its full transition, right from major advantages that enhance entire industries to changing how the world operates at various levels. New realities will emerge in the context of our existing world through the combination of AI-AR. The book presents both the bright and bleak sides of the AI-AR duo in order to give a holistic view and help us to decide how we are going to leverage such technologiesÑand whether their disruptive or transformative natureÑwill mar or make the future of our world. A workforce of enlightened engineers is the key to designing and developing AI-AR solutions with responsibility in order to achieve the greater good. Through the book, Chitra Lele has explained a multidisciplinary, integrated approach as to how we can minimize barriers and blend AI and AR without destroying our natural settings. The book will help to chart out a path where there is no trail yet, and get you started on developing AI-AR solutions and experiences in bettering the world in an ethical and responsible manner. KEY FEATURES The book believes in the concept of teach by example. All the tools needed to facilitate quick understanding of complex concepts are provided in this book: Definition of key terms Industry studies, research statistics, etc., that clarify concepts Spotlight sections A Word of Caution sections Chapter summaries Questions for reflection WHAT WILL YOU LEARN Dynamics of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality AI and AR Ecosystem Business at the Crossroads of AI and AR What does the AI-AR Marriage Hold for the Future of the World WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Students, Academicians, Educationists, Professionals and Policy researchers. Table of Contents PART 1ÑDynamics of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality AI and AR Ecosystem PART 2ÑBusiness at the Crossroads of AI and AR AI Meets AR in the Business Landscape More Dynamics of the AI-AR Convergence PART 3ÑWhat does the AI-AR Marriage Hold for the Future of the World Collaboration of Intelligence and Augmentation in the Real World Challenges and Solutions Where do We Go from Here

Beyond Digital Representation
Beyond Digital Representation

Author: Andrea Giordano

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-10-03

Total Pages: 830

ISBN-13: 3031361555

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This book collects contributions which showcase the impact of new augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies considered jointly in the fields of cultural heritage and innovative design. AR is an alternative path of analysis and communication if applied to several fields of research, in particular if related to space and artifacts in it. This happens because the neural network development strengthens the relationship between augmented reality and artificial intelligence, creating processes close to human thought in shorter times. In the last years, the AR/AI expansion and the future scenarios have raised a deep trans-disciplinary speculation. The disciplines of representation (drawing, surveying, visual communication), as a convergence place of multidisciplinary theoretical and applicative studies related to architecture, city, environment, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, are called to contribute to the international debate. The book chapters deal with augmented reality and artificial intelligence, analyzing their connections as research tools for knowing the environment. In particular, the topics focus on the intersection between real and virtual world and on the heuristic role of drawing in the enhancement and management of cultural heritage, in planning and monitoring the architecture, the environment, or the infrastructures. Scientists involved in AR and AI research applied separately or together in the field of cultural heritage, architectural design, urban planning, and infrastructures analysis, as well as members of public and private organizations make up interdisciplinary groups that fuel the discussion focusing on the priorities and aims of the research related to the disciplines of representation.

Advances in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
Advances in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

Author: Jitendra Kumar Verma

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-01-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9811672202

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This book gathers the recent advances in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). It includes topics on classification of computer assisted environments, field-of-views on visuospatial memory in complex virtual environment, free-roam VR for gaming, simulation of physical processes in an electric circuit, motion study of mated gears, ternary reversible gates with virtual reality, inclusiveness of AR and VR for agricultural disease detection, application of AR and VR in medical and pharmaceuticals, drones for medical assistance, machine learning based AR technologies for human face detection, recognition, and automated vehicles for medical assistance. The book is targeted towards advancing undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate students, researchers, academicians, policymakers, various government officials, NGOs, and industry research professionals who are currently working in the field of science and technology either directly or indirectly to benefit the common masses.

New Advances in Virtual Humans
New Advances in Virtual Humans

Author: Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-09-03

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 3540798684

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In this book, various aspects of cognitive and emotional behaviour is described. In chapter one, a state of the art introduction to VH is presented and the associated research is given. In Chapter 2, cognitive and emotions processes are described. A Comprehensive context model for multi-party interactions with the VH is given in the next chapter. Finally, it is very important to model the socializing of groups of virtual humans. This is discussed in Chapter 4. The automatic modelling of expressions for VH is described in Chapter 5. The last chapter gives a case study of an intelligent kios avatar and its usability. This book gives examples of some advances that enable VH to behave intelligently. It provides an overview of these research problems and some unsolved problems.