Afterlife as Afterimage, Steve Jones

Steve Jones, UIC Communications professor, is a long-time EVL collaborator. His new book, Afterlife as Afterimage, based on his interest in posthumous fame, seems a natural since he’s been involved with EVL’s LifeLike project - to create realistic-looking avatars of known individuals - since its inception. Jones is profiled in the April 18th issue of UIC NEWS, Profile: Steve Jones is a virtual communications expert. UIC News is the newspaper for the faculty, staff and students of the University of Illinois at Chicago. “Technology is sort of the new pop culture,” says communication professor Steve Jones, who’s widely quoted in the national media.

Credit: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin, UIC

Link: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=16293