Synthesia, a London-based AI video startup, has enabled over 150,000 users to create avatars for training and marketing videos. The author critiques their own digital likeness, noting that while avatars reflect real human traits, they still provoke self-perception concerns. Despite the strangeness these avatars may evoke, Synthesia's CEO, Victor Riparbelli, highlights that the realism of avatars relies heavily on microexpressions and varied speech patterns, both of which contribute to the believability of the digital personas in communication.
Synthesia's avatars serve as digital mirrors, reflecting human expressions, but they capture a version of the user that can appear both familiar and foreign.
According to CEO Victor Riparbelli, the realism of avatars hinges on microexpressions and varied speech patterns, essential for creating relatable digital personas.
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