COST
2010
Springer
12 years 11 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. Computational models that attempt to predict when a virtual human should backchannel are often based on the analysis of recordings of face-to-face conversations between h...
CGF
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Virtual humans are employed in many interactive applications using 3D virtual environments, including (serious) games. The motion of such virtual humans should look realistic (or ...
HCI
2009
13 years 2 months ago
2009
Abstract. While interactive virtual humans are becoming widely used in education, training and delivery of instructions, building the animations required for such interactive chara...
HCI
2009
13 years 2 months ago
2009
In this paper, we survey different types of Models of culture for virtual humans. Virtual humans are artificial agents that include both a visual human-like body and intelligent co...
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2009
Springer
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 ...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. While interactive virtual humans are becoming widely used in education, training and therapeutic applications, building animations which are both realistic and parameteri...
CGF
1999
13 years 4 months ago
1999
In this paper, we outline the creation of an Informed Environment, dedicated to urban life simulation.We propose methods and tools for creating and providing the information neces...
CGF
2004
13 years 4 months ago
2004
The navigation activity is an every day practice for any human being capable of locomotion. Our objective in this work is to reproduce this crucial human activity inside virtual e...
CG
2004
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2004
Springer
In this paper, we survey the role of virtual humans (or embodied conversational agents) in smart and ambient intelligence environments. Research in this area can profit from resea...
IJVR
2007
13 years 4 months ago
2007
—One of the biggest obstacles for constructing effective sociable virtual humans lies in the failure of machines to recognize the desires, feelings and intentions of the human us...