Model and television star Adrianne Curry and Nvidia have teamed up to create the world’s first real-time, virtual celebrity.

This breakthrough, which is enabled and rendered with Nvidia’s new GeForce 8800 GTX graphics processing unit, will allow ’stars’ to create and license detailed replicas of themselves without ever having to make a physical appearance or take a photograph.

Virtual celebrity licensing will have a multitude of applications, including adapting celebrity characters into newly developed video games, virtual modeling and endorsements; digital appearances in film and television; and virtual hosting on Web sites or traditional broadcast media.

“I am honored to have been selected as the first celebrity for this project,” said Adrianne Curry. “The Digital Adrianne is so realistic, it’s really trippy. Lara Croft, eat my shorts!”

“The uses for this technological breakthrough are truly endless,” said Dan Vivoli, senior vice president of marketing at Nvidia. “The digital Adrianne can demonstrate the same range of emotions, movements, and attitudes and appear just as lifelike as her living, breathing counterpart. It is simply a stunning transformation.”

The virtual “Adrianne” celebrity will be introduced at the official Nvidia launch event being held today in San Jose, CA.

Model and television star Adrianne Curry and Nvidia have teamed up to create the world’s first real-time, virtual celebrity.

This breakthrough, which is enabled and rendered with Nvidia’s new GeForce 8800 GTX graphics processing unit, will allow ’stars’ to create and license detailed replicas of themselves without ever having to make a physical appearance or take a photograph.

Virtual celebrity licensing will have a multitude of applications, including adapting celebrity characters into newly developed video games, virtual modeling and endorsements; digital appearances in film and television; and virtual hosting on Web sites or traditional broadcast media.

“I am honored to have been selected as the first celebrity for this project,” said Adrianne Curry. “The Digital Adrianne is so realistic, it’s really trippy. Lara Croft, eat my shorts!”

“The uses for this technological breakthrough are truly endless,” said Dan Vivoli, senior vice president of marketing at Nvidia. “The digital Adrianne can demonstrate the same range of emotions, movements, and attitudes and appear just as lifelike as her living, breathing counterpart. It is simply a stunning transformation.”

The virtual “Adrianne” celebrity will be introduced at the official Nvidia launch event being held today in San Jose, CA.