Graceful anytime interruptibility for virtual agents

The demo will show two highly expressive virtual agents introducing the audience to a traditional Japanese room. The agent models and gestures have been created by a professional Japanese character designer. By adapting and extending an influential technique ("Verbs and Adverbs"), we added parameterized emotional expression and gesture interruptibility as new behaviors to increase agent believability, interactivity, and responsiveness. In the demo, users will be provided a simple interface to test the new features. Categories and Subject Descriptors H5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation (e.g., HCI)]: Multimedia Information Systems--animations General Terms Design Keywords Character animation, Verbs and Adverbs technique

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ACMACE
• Authors: Klaus Brügmann, Helmut Prendinger, Marc Stamminger, Mitsuru Ishizuka
• Keywords: ACMACE 2007, Expressive Virtual Agents, Human Computer Interaction, Japanese Character Designer, Parameterized Emotional Expression