Interactive Avatars - Learning Experience

2025Case Study

Lip-synced, gesture-aware tutor avatars that improve learner engagement.

The Challenge

  • Passive video content reduces engagement
  • Educators need interactive learning experiences

The Solution

  • Text or audio input to talking avatar output

  • Lip sync and gesture conditioning

  • Emotional control for tone and delivery

Impact

  • Student engagement increased by about 25 percent

  • Reduced reliance on recorded faculty sessions

Technical

Implementation Details

Gemini TTS with phoneme alignment, Montreal Forced Aligner, SadTalker + Wav2Lip, OpenPose + ControlNet, async GPU queue with Redis state and retries, Kubernetes autoscaling, MP4/WEBM delivery.