Conjuring up the departed in virtual reality: The good, the bad, and the potentially ugly.

@inproceedings{Stein2021ConjuringUT,
  title={Conjuring up the departed in virtual reality: The good, the bad, and the potentially ugly.},
  author={Jan-Philipp Stein},
  year={2021}
}
In early 2020, a South Korean TV documentary invited a grieving mother to interact with the digital recreation of her deceased daughter in a virtual reality scenario. Despite having what most people would consider an emotionally draining experience, the woman ultimately expressed nothing but gratitude for the unorthodox project. Inspired by this first documented case of a human–computer interaction involving the likeness of a deceased child, I briefly review the history of digital… 
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