An interactive system in which the user can program animated agents visually is introduced: the Visual Agent Programming (VAP) software provides a GUI to program life-like agents. ...
We examine how animating a viewpoint change in a spatial information system affects a user's ability to build a mental map of the information in the space. We found that anim...
Because most animation tools are complex and timeconsuming to learn and use, most animations today are created by experts. To help novices create a wide range of animations quickl...
Animated pedagogical agents offer promise as a means of making computer-aided learning more engaging and effective. To achieve this, an agent must be able to interact with the lea...
W. Lewis Johnson, Erin Shaw, Andrew Marshall, Cath...
This paper presents Whizz, a system for building animated interactive applications. We describe its musical metaphor, and its underlying model based on streams and events. We anal...