Digital humans: what roles will they play?

Computer graphics technology has progressed to the point where it is possible to create digital humans that are virtually indistinguishable from the real items. The potential benefits are immense, but there are implications to consider as well, in a range of applications that includes film, video, the Web, and gaming. This panel of experts from diverse disciplines of computer graphics will discuss how far we have come in the use of digital humans, where they are heading, and what they will mean to us.