This paper shows a user-oriented presence synthesizing system, where a user can control not only what she publishes to each buddy but what she sees by synthesizing her buddies’ ...
Abstract. Background characters in virtual environments do not require the same amount of processing that is usually required by main characters, however we still want simulation t...
Abstract. People consider other people who resemble them to be more persuasive. Users may consider embodied conversational agents, or ECAs, to be more persuasive if the agents rese...
Ian Li, Jodi Forlizzi, Anind K. Dey, Sara B. Kiesl...
A smile may communicate different meanings depending on subtle characteristics of the facial expression. In this article, we have studied the morphological and dynamic characteris...
Open distributed multi-agent systems are gaining interest in the academic community and in industry. In such open settings, agents are often coordinated using standardized agent c...