Virtual people to get ID checks

NotAdmin · Aug 1, 2011

I came across another mention of Entropia Universe in the press today. The article is a few days old, and talks about identifying the player behind the avatar.

The faces and behaviour of online avatars could help identify the people controlling them, scientists believe.

Using both characteristics, researchers hope to develop techniques for checking whether the digital characters are who they claim to be.

Such information could be used in situations where login details are not visible or for law enforcement.

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Dr Yampolskiy's team generated large data sets made up of many possible faces in Second Life and Entropia Universe and then studied them to spot key characteristics.

"It's very preliminary work as we are still collecting data," he said. "So far we have been very successful."

Dr Yampolskiy pointed out that another factor driving the need for avatar identification was the increasing use of telepresence and augmented reality.

Especially for businesses, it will be important to ensure that on-screen facsimiles represent the people they purport to.
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Full article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14277728

RAZER · Aug 1, 2011

mmm, always thought I was watched. This EU is one big experiment to see what people do when the universe is run by id**ts ;)

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