This paper details results of an experiment to empirically evaluate the effectiveness and user acceptability of human-like synthetic agents in a multi-modal electronic retail scen...
Helen McBreen, Paul Shade, Mervyn A. Jack, Peter J...
Interruptions occur frequently in spontaneous conversations, and they are often associated with changes in the flow of conversation. Predicting interruption is essential in the d...
Research into spoken language has become more visual over the years. Both fundamental and applied research have progressively included gestures, gaze, and facial expression. Corpo...
Rob van Son, Wieneke Wesseling, Eric Sanders, Henk...
We present "look-to-talk", a gaze-aware interface for directing a spoken utterance to a software agent in a multiuser collaborative environment. Through a prototype and ...
Alice Oh, Harold Fox, Max Van Kleek, Aaron Adler, ...
A significant goal in multi-modal virtual agent research is to determine how to vary expressive qualities of a character so that it is perceived in a desired way. The "Big Fiv...
Michael Neff, Yingying Wang, Rob Abbott, Marilyn A...