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Bag Your Dream Job With a Little Help From an Avatar
MIT's Ehsan Hoque (right) interacts with MACH, an avatar that Hoque says can improve a user's interview skills.
Credit: MIT Media Lab
Nervous about that job interview? You'd better have a chat with Mach: an avatar designed to help people succeed in nerve-wracking social situations.
Mach stands for My Automated Conversation Coach, and it takes the form of a 3D-animated character, who asks a raft of typical interview questions. The system watches your face via webcam and can recognize gestures and facial expressions, what you say and even how you say it, and respond with some useful advice on improving your interview technique.
From New Scientist
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