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...
Abstract. We present a new approach to the design, development and evaluation of embodied conversational agents (ECAs) that allows them to index identity through culturally and soc...
Collaborative virtual environments (CVE) allow users from different geographical locations to execute a shared task by acting upon the same entities in the virtual world. Most of ...
Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Benjamin M. Lambeth, James LaP...
Robotic interfaces combined with virtual reality provide an unparalleled platform for cognition research. Using a combination of design strategy, trend analysis and the programmin...
In this work we describe a set of visual routines, which support a novel sensor free interface between a human and virtual objects. The visual routines detect, track and interpret ...