(Re-)Orienting the Video Game Avatar

Re-orienting the immune system

The blockade of immune regulatory checkpoints is emerging as a powerful anticancer strategy. We recently reported long-term results from the first-in-human clinical trial of anti-PD1 antibody-based immunotherapy, demonstrating durable tumor control off-therapy in subjects affected by colorectal and kidney cancer, as well as successful re-induction therapy in a melanoma patient.

GoldenEye : The Quest to Re - Invent the Video Game Standard

Realistic Video Avatar

In this paper, we present a system for the implementation of a photorealistic avatar using video captured from a user . This is achieved by constructing the dynamic video texture map and combining it with the 3D mesh model of the user to render the photorealistic avatar. The dynamic video texture map reflects the user’s facial expressions and is generated by composing the cylindrical texture ma...

The Role of Avatar in Interactive Fictional World of Video Games

In third-person video games, players are able to move and progress in the interactive world of the game while watching their avatar from an external point of view. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of avatar in the interactive imaginary world of video games using double vision theory. This article is based on descriptive-analytical methods and the use of library data and imag...

Avatar Idealization in Video Games

Video games have become ubiquitous as both entertainment and computer-mediated social interaction, and due to their interactivity may be more influential than films, television, and other electronic media. Games have even become part of children’s development and therefore may have heavy influence on skill and character development of the future generation. Since developers have complete contro...