: Emotional bonds don’t arise from a simple exchange of facial displays, but often emerge through the dynamic give and take of face-to-face interactions. This article explores th...
Jonathan Gratch, Ning Wang, Anna Okhmatovskaia, Fr...
This study examines the roles of gender and visual realism in the persuasiveness of speakers. Participants were presented with a persuasive passage delivered by a male or female p...
Catherine A. Zanbaka, Paula Goolkasian, Larry F. H...
Embodied conversational agents become more and more realistic concerning their conversational and their nonverbal behaviors. But if the information conveyed nonverbally exhibits c...
This paper explores the concept of engagement, the process by which individuals in an interaction start, maintain and end their perceived connection one another. The paper reports...
Candace L. Sidner, Christopher Lee, Cory D. Kidd, ...
In recent years 3D virtual characters have become more common in desktop interfaces, particularly in gaming and entertainment applications. In this paper we describe how augmented...
Daniel Wagner, Mark Billinghurst, Dieter Schmalsti...