| Robit Hairman -- He's got all sorts of talent and experience related to virtual human design. He was a founder of Talkies, has multimedia design credentials; outstanding entertainment, with screenwriting and music credits as well as virtual human development. I know Robit personally and I like him a lot. I believe he'd be a excellent person to work with. Contact Robit Directly |
Mary Harrsch -- Harrsch has a long standing interest in Virtual Human design. She developed an artificially intelligent virtual Julius Caesar . She was invited by the city of Rome, Italy, to enter her creation in an international competition for innovative uses of technology in education. Caesar has since been selected for inclusion in the HistoryChannel.com You can find out more about her including contact info HERE |
| DR. Richard Wallace -- Dr. Wallace is world renowned for his involvement in the ALICE Artificial Intelligence Foundation. His virtual prodigy A.L.I.C.E. has twice won the Turning test. I know Richard and he is a true genius. HIs availability may be limited He can be reached through the A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation |
Ed Hooks -- Ed Hooks is a master of the synthespian arts. He has taught more animators how to have their characters act well than any other person on the planet. I can highly recommend Ed. as the person to teach your writing and animating staff how to tromp the competition with excellence in character development and behaviors. Ed can be reached by email. You can find out more about him at www.edhooks.com |
| Dr. Steven Knode and Dr. JD Knode This is a father and son team that's hard to beat. Steve is another fellow I know personally. He's a pioneer in virtual human design and has taught it at the university level. . He's familiar with just about any system that's been developed. He can help you as a consultant or take on the job because he runs his own company. Steve and JD can be reached through Botknowledge |
Mark Chavez -- Mark is a hollywood pro. He spent six years at dreamworks and is now associated with Rhythm&Hues. He's the guy who works in movies that is doing high-end chatbots on the web. Mark works with the Haptek system and used to be a consultant to Haptek. You can visit his personal on-line comedy site....some of the comedy is adult oriented, so be forwarned. Clone3D Or you can reach him directly by email at this address. |
Consultants Listed Here
. . . are folks with skills you'll need when developing your commercial Virtual Human application. They tend to be an excellent investment.These are folks with bona fides in virtual human design. There are not a lot of them around yet, but there will be. Since I don't charge anybody for this page I won't be held responsible if things don't work out. These folks get paid for their special expertise and it's my experience that they're damn well worth it. You could spend years getting up to speed and not have a descent product. I've seen it happen at least 4 times where a company tried to do it on their own, hired the wrong people and spent a fortune without coming up with a workable solution. Your best bet is to contact these people and talk with them. If I think a person is a total crackpot, I won't list them here. I've given a brief description. Contact each consultant for a full resume.
The People
I know all of these folks personally and each has impressed me in one way or another. The Knodes and Mary Harrsch were Sylvie fans way back and Robit is an entertainment genius. He has credits all over the place from produced movies, to music. Richard Wallace helped me with the book and is generally considered one of the great minds in NLP. There are more, I just haven't gotten to them yet. If you have good credentials in virtual human design, let me know and perhaps we can get you posted up here.
How to Approach Them
I think the best way contact these people is to go to their websites and use the contact information. In some cases I've posted links here with their email addresses. I've spoken with most of them and they're not out goudge you, but they do have a lot to offer and you should expect to pay for that knowledge. I don't want individuals contacting them for free advice. You can get that here if you want and there are other places. These are very busy people who may be nice, but I request that you don't pester them with personal questions.