News Humanities and Digital Sciences
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Development of facial expressions in virtual human agents can help healthcare and education
10th January 2024Technology, such as computer graphics and machine learning, has helped to develop virtual agents that closely resemble humans in appearance and show increasingly human-like communicative behaviors. In her dissertation, Julija Vaitonyte did research on people’s perceptions of the appearance and behavior of virtual agents.
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Publication: De Kluseconomie: voor uitbuiting, klik 'aanvaard'
12th December 2023On 17 November, EPO Uitgeverij published the book De kluseconomie: Voor uitbuiting, klik 'aanvaard' by Tim Christiaens, assistant professor of economic ethics at DFI. The book discusses the rise of platform work in the Netherlands and Belgium and potential policy responses for a future of work more respectful of labour rights.
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Turn it for the better: How can VR help solve the global problem of unhealthy diets?
11th December 2023How can Virtual Reality technology help solve the global problem of unhealthy diets? Rachelle de Vries and her team are developing and evaluating an immersive multisensory VR food environment with 'Smell-e Technology' to research food choice behavior. Watch her presentation at TEDxBreda on this technology and the power of smell.