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AAAI
2007
13 years 7 months ago
The More the Merrier: Multi-Party Negotiation with Virtual Humans
The goal of the Virtual Humans Project at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies is to enrich virtual training environments with virtual hum...
Patrick G. Kenny, Arno Hartholt, Jonathan Gratch, ...
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Investigating the Effects of Social Goals in a Negotiation Game with Virtual Humans
Educational games may be particularly suited to teaching social learning skills with virtual humans. We investigate the importance of social goals and engaging social interactions ...
Amy Ogan, Vincent Aleven, Christopher Jones
HCI
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Can Virtual Humans Be More Engaging Than Real Ones?
: 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...
AGS
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Design of a Decision Maker Agent for a Distributed Role Playing Game - Experience of the SimParc Project
This paper addresses an ongoing experience in the design of an artificial agent taking decisions in a role playing game populated by human agents and by artificial agents. At fi...
Jean-Pierre Briot, Alessandro Sordoni, Eurico Vasc...
ITS
2010
Springer
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13 years 9 months ago
Investigating the Relationship between Presence and Learning in a Serious Game
We investigate the role of presence in a serious game for intercultural communication and negotiation skills by comparing two interfaces: a 3D version with animated virtual humans ...
H. Chad Lane, Matthew J. Hays, Daniel Auerbach, Ma...