IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
This paper focuses on dimensional prediction of emotions from spontaneous conversational head gestures. It maps the amount and direction of head motion, and occurrences of head nod...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. Different turn-taking strategies of an agent influence the impression that people have of it. We recorded conversations of a human with an interviewing agent, controlled ...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
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...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Assistant Agents help ordinary people about computer tasks, in many ways, thanks to their rational reasoning capabilities about the current model of the world. However they face st...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
The ability of artificial companions (virtual agents or robots) to establish meaningful relationships with users is still limited. In humans, a key aspect of such ability is empath...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. In human relations engagement and continuous communication is promoted by the process of sharing experiences. This type of social behaviour plays an important role in the...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Springer
One of the most desirable characteristics of an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) is the capability of interacting with users in a human-like manner. While listening to a user, a...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Springer
In order to enhance user involvement in financial services, this paper proposes to combine the idea of adaptive personalisation with intelligent virtual agents. To this end, a comp...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. Generating coordinated multimodal behavior for an embodied agent (speech, gesture, facial expression. . . ) is challenging. It requires a high degree of animation control...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Springer
In earlier studies, user involvement with an embodied software agent and willingness to use that agent were partially determined by the aesthetics of the design and the moral fiber...