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IJVR
2008
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14 years 9 months ago
How and Why Affordable Virtual Reality Shapes the Future of Education
This paper presents an analysis of how and why a new generation of virtual reality peripherals affect virtual reality in general, and its uses for education in particular. We descr...
Barnabas Takacs
HCI
2007
14 years 11 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...
IVA
2005
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Hierarchical Motion Controllers for Real-Time Autonomous Virtual Humans
Abstract. Continuous and synchronized whole-body motions are essential for achieving believable autonomous virtual humans in interactive applications. We present a new motion contr...
Marcelo Kallmann, Stacy Marsella
ATAL
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Using rituals to express cultural differences in synthetic characters
There is currently an ongoing demand for richer Intelligent Virtual Environments (IVEs) populated with social intelligent agents. As a result, many agent architectures are taking ...
Samuel Mascarenhas, João Dias, Nuno Afonso,...
STORYTELLING
2005
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
Environment Expression: Telling Stories Through Cameras, Lights and Music
This work proposes an integrated model – the environment expression model – which supports storytelling through three channels: cinematography, illumination and music. Stories ...
Celso de Melo, Ana Paiva