The United States creates a virtual therapist program aimed at PTSD-afflicted veterans. And the results are either comforting or creepy, depending on your take:
Is this an uncanny valley trip, or a decent attempt by the Pentagon to do right by ailing soldiers?
A soldier could walk into the clinic, enter a private kiosk, and log on to a computer where his or her personal simulated therapist — yes, you can pick from an array of different animated docs — would be waiting. Using Kinect-like hardware for motion sensing, a microphone and a webcam, the computer’s software would take note of how a patient moved and how they spoke.
(thanks to Jesse Walker)
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