Meet Judy, the flagship of a new generation of emotionally realistic Live AI Avatars. These simulations give learners a safe, repeatable place to practice difficult conversations through natural, real-time interaction.
Judy represents a major leap beyond the legacy scripted projects in the archive below. She supports real-time, natural conversation with emotional and contextual variation, allowing learners to practice repeatedly in a low-stakes environment before clinical, educational or professional interactions.
Judy is the public demonstration of the current Live AI Avatar program. She can explain the initiative, discuss potential educational applications and demonstrate how responsive conversation can support communication training at scale.
Judy is the public-facing flagship for a growing portfolio of Live AI Avatar simulations developed across CU Anschutz and with collaborating institutions. These projects create scalable, on-demand opportunities to practice patient interactions, team communication, feedback, counseling and other high-stakes conversations. Unlike the legacy scripted archive, each experience can respond dynamically to the learner and be tailored to specific curricular goals.
Peer-support training that helps learners practice supportive, empathetic conversations in a realistic virtual setting.
An interactive feedback experience designed to help learners practice reflection, communication and response to coaching.
A dental education simulation focused on clear communication, patient understanding and the informed-consent process.
A clinical consultation simulation in which learners gather case information, communicate recommendations and manage a toxicology encounter remotely.
A collection featuring Aurora, health-assessment encounters and mental-health screening practice using the Patient Health Questionnaire.
Patient communication and motivational-interviewing practice for physical therapy learners.
Communication simulations involving policymakers, journalists and community members across challenging public-health topics.
A healthcare communication simulation supporting practice with complex clinical conversations and decision-making.
Clinical-skills simulations developed with the Center for Advancing Professional Excellence, including learner and standardized-patient practice.
A collaborative international avatar project exploring live AI simulation in health-professions education.
Faculty-development simulations for practicing feedback, coaching and difficult educational conversations.
Opioid Use Disorder & Bias Recognition
A patient-centered simulation for practicing empathetic, individualized conversations about menopause symptoms and treatment choices.
A nursing education simulation created to support applied communication and clinical practice within the course.
Interested in trying one of these avatars? Access is available by request. Email Clint Carlson to discuss the project, intended use and available access options. New projects can be developed for any discipline in which communication, empathy, feedback or decision-making can be strengthened through realistic practice.
These projects use an earlier generation of static, scripted avatar technology. They are preserved as a legacy archive of the program’s history, subject-matter breadth and collaborative partnerships. Judy and the new live AI avatars are a substantial technological leap forward, with real-time, open-ended and adaptive conversation.
These experiences rely on pre-scripted pathways and fixed responses. They are intentionally separated from Judy so visitors can clearly distinguish the legacy portfolio from the current generation of responsive, conversational live AI avatars.
School nurse training developed with the Department of Psychiatry.
Created in partnership with the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration.
AR models allow learners to view, explore and better understand complex three-dimensional objects on a mobile device, with no software download required.