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ATAL
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Can software agents influence human relations?: balance theory in agent-mediated communities
We sought to create a social embodied conversational agent to support group interactions, using ‘balance theory’ from social science research on human-human relations. We cond...
Hideyuki Nakanishi, Satoshi Nakazawa, Toru Ishida,...
IVA
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Embodied Creative Agents: A Preliminary Social-Cognitive Framework
The goal of this paper is to open discussion about industrial creativity as a potential application field for Embodied Conversational Agents. We introduce the domain of creativity ...
Stéphanie Buisine, Améziane Aoussat,...
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
iCat, the chess player: the influence of embodiment in the enjoyment of a game
This paper presents an experiment that evaluates and compares the user enjoyment when playing a game of chess in two situations: against a physically embodied robotic agent and ag...
André Pereira, Carlos Martinho, Iolanda Lei...
HCI
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction with Embodied Conversational Agents
We survey recent research in which the impact of an embodied conversational agent on human-computer interaction has been assessed through a human evaluation. In some cases, the eva...
Mary Ellen Foster
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Measuring the influence of social abilities on acceptance of an interface robot and a screen agent by elderly users
Personal robots and screen agents can be equipped with social abilities to facilitate interaction. This paper describes our research on the influence of these abilities on elderly...
Marcel Heerink, Ben J. A. Kröse, Bob J. Wieli...